1/26/2023
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Lannys Suarez
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I currently teach Theatre and sometimes my students who are autistic have a hard time collaborating with their peers. I have a specific student (who we will call Kyle) who is autistic. In addition to being autistic, Kyle has a language impairment. I have seen Kyle face challenges when reading a script and performing with his peers. On my part, there is a lot of verbal motivation that needs to take place to avoid Kyle getting overwhelmed. |
1/26/2023
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Lannys Suarez
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Last school year, students were working on mini scenes from Hairspray the Musical. My initial approach was to give students a printout copies of their respective scenes. However, I had 2 students who required accommodations due to their learning disabilities. I gave the students 2 options… Option 1 was a digital version of the script that allowed them to change the font size and color. Option 2 was using a platform called Speechify. Speechify is a text to speech reader that worked well with one of the students who had dyslexia. While the rest of his group used paper scripts, the student was able to play back his parts from his cellphone. Not only did this help with reading, but it helped him remember his lines from the script. |
1/27/2023
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Lannys Suarez
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During the pandemic, our school districted adopted the hybrid model which allowed students to be in person learning or at home via TEAMS. At the time, we were learning about the different kinds of Theatres across the world. We went on a virtual field trip to many theatres which included: Ford’s Theatre, The Bolshoi Theater, Carnegie Hall, The Colosseum and many more. After going on the field trip, students were required to choose the theatre that was most interesting to them and research 3 plays that were shown at that respective theatre and share the information they found in the form of a monologue.
One of my students at the time had ADHD, so I gave her 2 graphic organizers to choose from so she can organize her thoughts and findings before creating a monologue. I also required her to stay on the online TEAMS session so I can constantly check in with her and provide verbal encouragement even while she was at home and I was in the classroom. |