4/3/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Yeniffer Velasquez
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I had a piano student with Intellectual disabilities and Autism Disorder. He was 9 years old and he loved music. He had great rhythm and creativity but reading the music was difficult for him. I had to accommodate the reading of the notes with colors. Each note would have a specific color for example: Do (red), Re (blue), Mi (green) etc. Then I added stickers with these colors on the keys of the piano to indicate the notes and he was able to read the music with a color matching system. It brought joy to him when he played the notes and recognize the melodies of the songs he was playing. |
4/4/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Yeniffer Velasquez
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Zachary Murdock wrote:
I had a student this year that has a hearing disabilty. She never used this as an excuse and always strived for perfection as a musician. Her senior year she made the All-County Band and by the way, she played both the bassoon and oboe very well. As for accommodations, she sat in the middle of the ensemble on the second row to ensure that she could see me. We have a hearing device set up within our classroom to ensure my voice is amplified. If she missed something, she would simply ask without hesitation. |
4/21/2023
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Yeniffer Velasquez
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I would use reciprocal teaching as one of my strategies because it lets me check for understanding. I would model the song with my violin and let them play it after me, with me, and also teaching it back to me or their peers.
I think using cubing could be fun as well, because when teaching a song in orchestra, there are many aspects and material to be covered, I think this could be useful for them to focus on one thing at a time.
I implement technology by playing the metronome on the speakers, by playing a tutorial for them to watch. I have also used kahoot to check how much they have understood, and check their knowledge on the material. |
6/9/2023
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Yeniffer Velasquez
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I had a piano student with disabilities that had difficulties learning how to match the notes on the paper with the right key on the piano, and I used the color system for each note. He had a lot fun coloring the notes and adding colorful stickers on the piano keys as well. This was the perfect method for him and he learned how to play the piano in no time. |