8/28/2017
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Derek Currier
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I have also had many students with disabilities in my music classroom. One particular group of students I have noticed that get a lot of out modeling are my autistic and Asperger students. They cannot seem to read the music, but once I play it for them, they seem to immediately memorize it and then play it right back to me. When it comes to teaching them an entire piece of music, I teach it to them in sections and put it all together. Once they learn the parts, I then use flash cards to visually show them where the notes are. By doing this I am also teaching them how to read the music and I make the relationship between the notes they play to the notes on the flashcards and music. |
8/29/2017
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Derek Currier
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Option 1: Describe how two of the strategies discussed could potentially be implemented in your music classroom. Be sure to identify the two strategies by name, and describe how they could be used to address the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I use ukuleles in my classroom and I would use the grouping of student in small groups. This allows me to model to each group as well as put the groups together in a way which includes students of different abilities. The students would eventually begin to peer teach and help each other. There are also times I will put them into groups of beginner, intermediate and advanced and incorporate the tiered lesson plan. Each group would get a the same assignment, however, it would be tiered to their ability.
Learning centers is something I would implement with the students to learn different levels of music from beginner to intermediate. This allows the students to progress into harder music and allows the students to move around the room. This could also be used when introducing instrument families to a class with each center being a different family (ex. woodwind, brass, strings, percussion) |
8/30/2017
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Derek Currier
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Option 1: Provide/Describe one or more examples of adapted or alternative assessments you have successfully used in the music classroom for students with disabilities. Be sure to identify the student's disability. Share your response in the threaded discussion.
I am currently teaching a ukulele unit in my middle school music class. I have a student who broke his wrist one week into school and he is now unable to play ukulele. It is also his right hand which is his writing hand. I have had him orally tell me the fret numbers that correspond to the notes and orally identify the chord boxes. When it came to the assessment where the students had to identify the parts of the ukulele, I made a word search for him with the parts of the ukulele in it and he was able to circle them with his left hand as well. |