3/30/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Mary Booher
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I have a student with TBI that has limited motor skills and we have accommodated his percussion playing with shorter mallets or with special grips to encourage the use of both hands. He lights up when he sees his drum and mallets coming. All the students are smiling and enjoying playing the drums together. It is such a joy to watch he and his classmates drumming together. |
3/31/2023
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Mary Booher
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Describe how two of the strategies discussed could potentially be implemented in your 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.
One of the strategies discussed that I could potentially implement in my classroom is using task cards. While playing recorders, we can break it down by the rhythms first, then singing the note names, then playing the notes, and then putting it together one measure at a time.
Secondly, using peer partners is something we are already doing in our class - I think I have some future teachers in my room! We have students that turn around and help their neighbor. The students want to be helpful and they love that someone else is helping them! |
4/1/2023
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Mary Booher
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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.
One of the strategies I use is the chaining strategy. Sometimes things have to be broken down into the smallest units so they can be taught and added back together again. I use this with my all of my students, however, my student with TBI, does best with this because we can learn each part and try to put them together. He doesn't always get to add all the chains together but he knows what they are and how to perform them at his own pace. Another strategy that I already use is mnemonic tools. I know I have used animal pictures bear, eagle, to help when we tried to create another mnemonic device for our Line notes. Our mascot is the eagles, so to have some pictures to suggest words that help create our mnemonic Line notes was awesome. I was able to prompt students with word or picture choices. |