4/24/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Danny Street
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I met this little girl when she was in kindergarten. She is now in third grade. She has an Orthopedic Impairment which gives her nearly constant pain and limited motion and range of motion. She is very confident and has always tried to accomplish every task on her own. Her challenges pertaining to her education have been the days that she misses from school for treatment or days missed due to severity of pain. In order to make up time lost, she will sometimes be pulled from art to do additional general-ed. When she is present, she is wheelchair bound. My seating consists of lunch-room type benches. On days when she is feeling her best, she will pull herself out of the chair and onto the last position on a bench. On days when she is not so well, she is able to remain in the wheelchair and work on the end of the bench. Recognizing that she strives for independence, I only assist her with physical tasks when I notice she is not adapting, and even then I only do until she says "OK, I got it." |
4/26/2022
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Danny Street
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The Task Card strategy could easily be implemented in my art classes. By using the task card to divide a class lesson into individual tasks and assigning the more detailed areas of (say, a mural) to the students with greater interest and ability in art, and assigning less detailed sections to the students that may have a difficult time in art. That would give all a sense of pride of the completed piece.
The Reflection Strategies fit my normal teaching methods. My class time is limited to thirty minutes, which leaves very little time for a monologue. I am constantly, throughout the class, delivering information and assessing students' understanding of the information as they work on the task. I stress Self Evaluation, pushing each student to analyze the problem they present to me and come up with their own solution as I guide them with more questions. Student: Can I have another sheet? I don't like mine. Me: What don't you like about it? Well, how about we use some imagination and change that part. This gives the student the realization that it can be changed, allowing the student opportunity to gaine control of the outcome of their piece. |
4/26/2022
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Danny Street
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One use of technology to aid a student with a disability in my classroom would be the microphone clip I wear as a part of a hearing-aid system that a student with a hearing impairment has in one of my classes. He wears the receiver on his ear and I wear the microphone near my mouth. He has never complained of not hearing the instructions. He does great work, which leads me to believe it works for him. And I don't have to stand in front of him for the entire class time. |
5/1/2022
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Danny Street
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I have several students that are ESL and have had to make modifications to my assessments for them. They are given more time and in some cases are given visuals on cards. Two years ago I had a student that was non-English speaking. My ongoing evaluations are all visual and the student did well, but for the Summative Assessment it was decided to administer the assessment using an aid who spoke the student's language. |