10/22/2017
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Tracie Claflin-Bryant
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I had a student that was in a wheelchair and had some use of his arms and hands. He could write and draw well, considering his limitations. He was in 10th grade and I would say was at a 6th grade level artistically. I decided to focus on what he enjoyed doing in art. I found out what materials he liked and if there was any that he would like to try. After a few experiments he decided that he liked acrylic paint and using large brushes. He attempted every project with his best effort and I allowed him to use whatever medium he felt would make him more successful. I do apologize that I do not remember his full diagnosis, it has been a few years. |
10/22/2017
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Tracie Claflin-Bryant
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patricia salzano wrote:
One of my students in the second grade was Visually impaired/blind. He had a one on one para who came to every art class. I made some frames with wire screening in them. When we would do a drawing activity I would tape his paper to the screen so he could feel his crayon or marker going over the paper and it also created a bit of texture so he could "feel" his drawings. When we would be talking about shapes or textures in an artists work I would also provide maipulatives (spheres, cubes, "fluffy things, smooth etc...) to help him visualize what we were looking at. |
10/22/2017
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Tracie Claflin-Bryant
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I think that is a wonderful way to help a child that is visually impaired like your student. I'm always concerned if some of the visually impaired students are seeing what they should see. Great idea. |
11/28/2017
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Tracie Claflin-Bryant
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1. Currently in my class I use the Mnemonic instruction strategy to assist my students. On my white board where I post my lessons I put up visuals of the materials we will be using for the project. For example: pencils, erasers, paper, ruler, crayons, and markers. These are images that I purchased, cut out and laminated. I find that when going over my current lesson it is helpful to point to the images of the materials we are using. When a student asks what materials we are using I remind them to look on the board and refer to the images of materials. Students seem to use it and proceed accordingly. I also have all my cabinet labeled for easy access to materials and student portfolios by class. It helps both the students and I to gain faster access to what is needed. When learning about these strategies it seems that I do use a few currently and I am happy that I do. One strategy that I want to use more is self-evaluation and reflection. I used to do it quite a bit at the high school level, but find at the elementary level due to time I do not use it nearly enough. At the end of a project or during a project I ask students to share how their experience was with what they are working on either project wise and or with a new material they are using. I think it is very important to do this so that the student is paying attention to their own process and it allows me to get feedback and see what level my students are at and determine if they need more instruction or demonstrations.
Plus I know that the students love to give their personal opinions. |
11/28/2017
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Tracie Claflin-Bryant
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For the past 10 years I have taught at the high school level so I am still getting to know my students at the elementary level. I do have a 4th grade girl who has a speech issue and wears bifocals. Despite her issues she has no problem asking for assistance which is wonderful. She always asks to make sure she is doing the project correctly. At the beginning of the second semester I have the students do a worksheet that reviews what they have learned so far in art, the Elements of Art. I redesigned the worksheet questions to not be so wordy and to the point. I felt it was too wordy for some of my students with disabilities. I also five my students plenty of time to complete the worksheet as well with all their projects. When all students are done with the worksheet we go over it as a class to make sure all students are on the "same page" if you will. I am happy to say that she is one of my better students and always tries. |