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As a teacher, I am looking forward to meeting everyone in this group. Teachers of the arts always inspire each other!
Outside of school, I look forward to outdoor time to fish, hike and camp

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I see visual representations used by the teacher and created by the students. Oral discussion was used, as well as samples of student created work were shared.
You might also use peer feedback to engage all students.

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I might utilize UDL to increase engagement by using youtube or other websites to represent critical aspects of the learning goals or vocabulary

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As a teacher I am lookign forward to next year when I can take the themes that I have planned to implement arts education more fully with the SDC students. My K-3rd students learn better hands-on so I am looking forward to introducing arts curriculum words to out projects so that they can see what beautiful creations they are making and that they are relevant.

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As I teacher I am looking forward to next fun art activity, self portraits. These will be the front of our art portfolios to be given during open house.
Outside of school I am looking forward to summer and having more time with my family.

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I watched a video of a dance teacher using a variety of assessments during his lessons. All of the students used movement as an assessment tool. After modeling different movements together, the students created a poem about their legs. With their small group, they then created a dance to go along with it their poem. The teacher and students together created a checklist of the elements needed in the dance (levels, expression, actions). All of the students appeared to be actively engaged in creating the dance in their groups while the teacher monitored and checked in with each group, reminding them of the checklist they created together.

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I should be looking at providing more choices for students to achieve our learning goal. For example, providing a multiple activities to practice sight words in my kindergarten class. Examples may include creating the word with play dough, drawing the word in sand, using chalkboards, or even bouncing a ball while saying the letter in each word.

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I love spring in my elementary music class rooms. We dance and sing and play. I have new materials and new ideas to try out!

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I love spring in my elementary music class rooms. We dance and sing and play. I have new materials and new ideas to try out!

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Working in my garden is about the only thing I can focus on outside school these days.

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In the Exploring Dance with Poetry video I loved that the teacher mentioned "eavesdropping" on students as they work together to check in on student understanding. He mentioned using rubrics but had the students collaborate to create a checklist of objectives.

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In the Exploring Dance with Poetry video I loved that the teacher mentioned "eavesdropping" on students as they work together to check in on student understanding. He mentioned using rubrics but had the students collaborate to create a checklist of objectives.

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When teaching a 4th grade class to play recorder I try to identify early on those students whose fine motor skills will be especially challenged. Those students need the repetitive nature of drill and routine. I always start off with visual reminders of posters showing the left hand on the top. Position and fingering are shown visually every single time. They hear, see, feel, express, listen, watch, and repeat over and over. If I pace my class to support these learners all my students get better.

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When teaching a 4th grade class to play recorder I try to identify early on those students whose fine motor skills will be especially challenged. Those students need the repetitive nature of drill and routine. I always start off with visual reminders of posters showing the left hand on the top. Position and fingering are shown visually every single time. They hear, see, feel, express, listen, watch, and repeat over and over. If I pace my class to support these learners all my students get better.

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This idea of teaching in the margins is where I live, practically. Context is essential.

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As a teacher, I am looking forward to finding ways to improve the 5th grade music program. I have worked hard to create a 4th grade program that I am satisfied with, I would like to create more for our 5th graders.
As a person, I look forward to being a home body this summer and doing home improvement projects.

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First off, the way of introducing a piece of music while kids are sitting down without instruments is something I will try in the future.
The teacher used call and respose- here is how I would like the crescendo de crescendo to sound. She played the example and the kids played it back. The teacher aske where do you find the key signature, then had them point to it.

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At Sisson, everyone takes music in 4th grade. I have modified many thing to meet the needs of all students. When teaching recorders, I use color coded  hole punch reinforcements for kids who struggle with fine motor skills, they can feel where their fingers go, and in the beginning yellow for B, white a, and Blue is G. I also highlight parts of choir music S A B so that kids with visual?reading issues have an easier time.

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I am looking forward to the end-of-school activities, such as the yearbook being published and my middle school yearbook staff seeing the result of their creative work, and also  observing my Leadership team putting their ideas into action for an end-of-the year dance.   As for  outside of school, I am looking forward to time at our cabin at Lake Almanor .

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In Theater: Modern Nursery Rhyme, Creating a Musical, the teacher began by teaching basics in melody, rhythm and movement, checking for understanding by observation. Then as the students choose groups and begin using the basics they've been taught, there are more peer formative assessment, within the groups and by the whole group. The teacher had charts posted from previous lessons for students to refer to . Individual students had worksheet/chart to write down who was doing what, and if they were completing all the necessary components.

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To utilize UDL practices I need to clearly explain the ultimate goal we are trying to reach. In one of my classes students are creating google slideshows on various Propaganda/persuasion techniques ( not my performing arts class). To show the goal, I showing examples of the techniques while explaining the who is targeted, what is the product and who is sponsoring it - ultimately so as not to be taken advantage of. Important terms are taught as vocabulary and posted on the board as a reference.   All students are engaged because they are searching for ads that are appealing to themselves, and then analyzing and creatively displaying the ad and explanation on a slide.

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I picked the lesson about high and low music sounds using Owl calls and wolf calls as an example in real life-
Formative assessments that were used were- the teacher modeled how a high pitch sounded and looked by holding up her hands and showing the students what it might be. When they copied her model and did it with her that is an instant check  for understanding.
Role playing what Animals do- the students were told to act like certain animals with movement an sound- They got to create it and were guided as opposed to being told what it should be-
I do, we do you do was used to show the students how to make their own pitch line.
The students also presented their work to the class.

How else to present? I liked the idea of thumps up, down or sideways to show understanding,
another option is the one where students compare their work with the work of others. This means that they have to look critically at their own work to accomplish a better sample of work.

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Outside of school this summer I get to finish some house projects and welcome 3 new babies of my friends into the world. This should make for interesting years to come :-)

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Time spent on any one thing is an important barrier

flexible learning with more choices as to what each student wants to do first.

Having many ways to show they understand, such as clap twice if you hear my voice. Having picture sentences for students to make so that they can show they understand even if they do not know what words to use. A physical example is great to. Show me in movement - Happy, Sad, Scared, Mad

pick a color that describes how you feel-
My students thrive on hands-on activities when learning so I want to do more of that.