5/24/2022
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Alexis Pletincks
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I had a student a couple years ago who had a speech impairment. I watched her grow in her abilities as she learned to pronounce solfege syllables and tried to sing the words on the page. In terms of reading and writing, it was a much more difficult process. I realized how much she understood when I sat down with her quiz and vocabulary words and had her point to the answers instead of answering verbally or taking the quiz herself. Since then, when I have students who cannot test on their own, I pull them into my office to help them complete it in a different setting, with assistance. |
5/24/2022
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Alexis Pletincks
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For students with specific learning disabilities, score study/learning new music could be more easily accessible with strategies such as cooperative learning and task analysis. I love the idea of asking students to isolate various parts of the music learning process. Students who struggle with reading comprehension could work with their peers on text study, or even studying which melody lines look the same or different. I use task analysis daily to break down music learning into a my turn/your turn pattern where all students can learn at the same speed. Students with specific learning disabilities benefit from task analysis in music learning because each step of learning the music is broken down into short, repeatable passages that benefit all students. |
5/24/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Alexis Pletincks
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I had a student who has a speech impairment and struggled to form words. In a choir class, the other students could tell she was essentially just singing on "ah," but she LOVED to sing. I had her for two years, and I began to notice at the end of the second year that she was started to create the vowel shapes necessary to sing solfege syllables. Even with those gains, she still struggled in her writing and reading. She was graded on participation when it came to concerts, and I would sit with her, watching her point to the answers at my desk. |