4/20/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Andrea Desouza
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I have a third grade student who displays emotional/behavioral disorder. This student prefers to sit by himself and has an "I don't like art" attitude. He will not try to follow the steps required to complete the tasks unless he is prompted to do so and many times I need to wait by him every step of the way, encouraging him to continue "You are doing great! Now draw another line parallel to this one...", etc. Many times he will have 75% or more of the task completed and if I walk away to support other students he will crumple his paper and say that he messed up. He often throws it in the trash. He is very sensitive to what the other students can do (their work is better than mine) and will go around disturbing or arguing with them, creating a disturbance. Some days he will make a paper ball and throw it at other students. Some other days he might say that he needs to use the bathroom and it is an 'emergency'; he will stay in the bathroom for a long time. Sometimes, when I stand next to him he will say "I already know how to do it" but will not work unless I focus all my attention on him and wait for him to start and proceed. Just recently I noticed that he likes to be the one choosing what we will do. My plan is to give him choices so that he feels in control . I still need to be by his side when he tries anything new but every time he feels excited about any work I will celebrate and slowly, get him to understand that EVERY piece of art is good! It is important to allow yourself to try it and try it again multiple times. That's how we learn. I hope he can start enjoying class! |
4/25/2023
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Andrea Desouza
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Target Student: Susie, a third-grade student who has attention deficit disorder.
Strategy#1: Task Analysis
I believe that TASK ANALYSIS is a great strategy to be used with Susie, who has difficulty finishing up tasks. She also has a very short attention spam and will stop listening after a few seconds. Susie will benefit from a task being broken down in smaller steps that can be easily and quickly be accomplished. If Susie is able to complete each small step successfully, she will experience the joy of accomplishing big goals but in smaller, not overwhelming steps. For example, if I want Susie to learn about music notes, I could have her learning one note at a time and associate that note with a kinesthetic experience such as building that note with playdoh, drawing that note in 3d, etc.
Strategy #2: Task Cards
I can use Task Cards with Susie to illustrate the steps to accomplish a task. This way, Susie can keep track of her progress and what needs to be done to achieve the goal. For example, if I wanted Susie to learn how to pay a specific song, I can create task cards breaking that song in smaller steps that she will need to master before she plays another part of the song. This way she will have the opportunity to learn on her own pace and practice as much as needed. |
4/25/2023
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Andrea Desouza
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Target Student: Susie, a third-grade student who has attention deficit disorder.
Strategy#1: Task Analysis
I believe that TASK ANALYSIS is a great strategy to be used with Susie, who has difficulty finishing up tasks. She also has a very short attention spam and will stop listening after a few seconds. Susie will benefit from a task being broken down in smaller steps that can be easily and quickly be accomplished. If Susie is able to complete each small step successfully, she will experience the joy of accomplishing big goals but in smaller, not overwhelming steps. For example, if I want Susie to learn about secondary colors, I could try the following steps:
1. Get paper
2. Get crayons or coloring pencils
3. Make a shape (small circle) in the paper by using one of the colors. For example, a yellow circle.
4. Choose another color (for example, blue) and use it to cover the shape previously drawn. You will cover your yellow circle with the blue color.
5. Did you make another color with blue and yellow?
6. Create a new shape with a brand new combination of two colors.
7. Repeat until you try all of them, two at a time.
Strategy #2: Task Cards
I can use Task Cards with Susie to illustrate the steps to accomplish a task. This way, Susie can keep track of her progress and what needs to be done to achieve the goal. For example, if I wanted Susie to learn how to draw a cube, I could try to set up the following task cards:
1. Draw a square (this task card will have an illustration of a square in it)
2. Find the middle of the square and put a dot in it. (Illustration of the square with a dot in the center)
3. Draw a line going upwards (Illustration of the square with a line going upwards and out of the boundaries of the first square)
4. Draw another line going to the side (Illustration of the square with a line going upwards and another line going to the right side, out of the boundaries of the first square, just like the handles in a clock)
5. Close the lines making a second square inside the first one. (Illustration of a square two squares, one a bit above the other, but intersecting with it)
6. Pull diagonal lines closing each corner of the squares together (Illustration of the two squares with diagonal lines drawn in red and maybe numbers 1,2,3,4… according with which diagonal line was drawn first, and so on)
7. A picture of a complete cube should be added. |
4/25/2023
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Andrea Desouza
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I have used RUBRIC as a form of assessment and it was very successful. By using a rubric, I allow for my students to self evaluate and self correct when necessary. They follow the rubric to accomplish each step of a certain task. The rubric helps them to stay on task, since they have to completely finish one step to be able to move to the next. They also self reflect and see their progress overtime. The rubric helps the students to have a sense of closeness as they see the product emerging from each step accomplished. Rubric helps to eliminate stress and anxiety because it allows the students to choose their pace and lays out a path to be followed towards success. |