5/11/2018
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
David Norris
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I had a student last year with a severe orthopedic impairment that required her to attend school in a "fully loaded" electric wheelchair. She loved to sing and she chose to join my elementary choir that met before school from 7:00-7:45 Friday mornings. The choir sang and performed choreography to some of the songs during the school year. What I did was create separate choreography for her that went along with the rest of the group's choreograpy, but accented her special abilities. She loved it, the chorus loved it and so did the parents. |
5/11/2018
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
David Norris
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I have a SmartBoard in my classroom and use it as a way to utilize technology as a tool. As an example we might do a group activity on steady beat utilizing a variety of rhythm instruments (large group assessment). Then I will do a similar activity but separate the rhythm instruments by type nad assign each instrument a different rhythm (small group assessment). Following that I will have an activity (game) on the SmartBoard that each student has to come up and successfully complete (individual assessment). With the SmartlBoard the student is given great flexibility to complete their turn at the game. |
5/11/2018
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
David Norris
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I have an ASD class that comes to music once every eight school days. The students are non-verbal, but communicate through gestures and emotive sounds. I brought in a box of pvc elbow joints for the students to talk/vocalize into one end while the other end was near their ear. The assessment was how verbal they became after hearing their own voice. |