2/23/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Victoria Fisher
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I have a deaf student. Feeling the vibrations by touching the speaker worked in his earlier grades, but he wanted to be as involved as all the other students. So, while learning a new simple song in his fifth grade class, he receives the notes on paper and I put them on a PowerPoint for the entire class. Standing in a circle with all students performing movements at different tempos, helps him see what we hear. This helps him to become integrated with the class instead of separated from the class. |
2/23/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Victoria Fisher
|
I have a hearing impaired student. Feeling the vibrations by touching the speaker worked in his earlier grades, but he wanted to be as involved as all the other students. So, while learning a new simple song in his fifth grade class, he receives the notes on paper and I put them on a PowerPoint for the entire class. Standing in a circle with all students performing movements at different tempos, helps him see what we hear. This helps him to become integrated with the class instead of separated from the class. |
3/4/2023
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Victoria Fisher
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I have used technology in my classroom to demonstrate how ostinatos can be created. By using Chrome Lab on my Smartboard, students come up to the board and pick one of the pitches to be added to our song. We then play it back and critique our work. We discuss tempo, melody, and harmony, for example. Students can then use their Chrome book to create their own ostinato. By using their own Chrome book, they can save their work and modify it. This gives me a chance to facilitate their learning before they present the finished product to other students. |
3/4/2023
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Victoria Fisher
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Modeling is so important. I like how you furthered her learning by including a variety of strategies. I will use your idea of calling the notes by different names. I do that with the pitches. Jessica Gautier wrote:
I have a student who is Autistic and Visually Impaired. We were learning how to play Old McDonald on the xylophones and I had color coded the bars on the xylophones to match the Music on the board. I blew up the image to a very large font so all students could read it. I worked one on one with the student to introduce the concept how we are matching the colors on the board with what is on the xylophones. She loved it! We then worked as a class counting and clapping out the counts that we saw. Knowing she has a hard time retaining the note values, I modeled it to her and use Call and Response. I put on the Smartboard pictures of the notes and associated it with a family member (Big Daddy Whole Note). We dance to each note value (which she loves to do) and then worked with partners to play each 2 measure until we were done with the first line. I was her partner and worked on her technique as well as playing and matching the pattern. I would also assist and point to the bars needed so she could follow me. (We would continue for the next 2 weeks) |
3/4/2023
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Victoria Fisher
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While learning to play xylophones, children are given several options for learning and demonstrating their newly acquire knowledge. After facilitating their learning, I allow the student to perform their choice of song without everyone listening. Students can also "practice" for their assessment by working with a group. I come by and give them feedback. This helps with ongoing assessments. I am in constant observation mode. |
3/4/2023
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Victoria Fisher
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I have found using colorful and large pictures really does helps. Most of the time, the other students like the larger pictures, as well. Robert Surroca wrote:
One way I have adapted my classroom for an assessment for the visually impaired is orally asking questions and choosing those students that raise their hand. I would create 2-4 choices to decide upon and every student has to raise their hand to choose the correct answer. This allows me to know which students understand the material taught in class and what to grade them based on their correct answers. In addition, I've created quiz questions that are accompanied by pictures of instruments. Those students would have to circle the correct instrument that belongs to the indicated family. Looking at various pictures allows the students to pick and choose and will let me know if they understand the material discussed in class. |