Teacher: Mrs. Sarah Nimchuk                                  

E-mail: snimchuk@eagleridgeacademy.org

Website: http://music.nimchuk.com/                         

Description:

Sixth Grade Music is designed to review and reinforce the elementary music experience and introduces students to a higher level of study of music.

Organization:

Classes will include music theory and history as well as vocal and aural development. A variety of strategies will be used to cover these topics.  These strategies may include lecture, whole group and small group discussions, research, singing, dancing and playing rhythm instruments and guitars.

Course Objectives and Topics:

In the first quarter and over the course of the school year, the student will:

Review the orchestra and families of instruments: strings, wind, brass, percussion, and keyboards

Review vocal ranges: soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto; tenor, baritone, bass

Recognize frequently used Italian terms for tempos and articulations

Recognize introduction, interlude, and coda in musical selections

Recognize theme and variations

Identify chords (I, IV, V, V7) and intervals

Understand the following notation:

staff, treble clef, bass clef, names of lines and spaces in the treble clef

whole rest, half rest, quarter rest, eighth rest

whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, grouped sixteenth notes

bar line, double bar line, measure, repeat signs

meters: 4/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 6/8

dynamics: mp, p, pp, mf, f, ff

tied and dotted notes

sharps, flats and naturals

D.C. al fine

The historical origins of music

 

In the second quarter, students will study the beginnings of music, including the Medieval and Renaissance Eras.

 

In the third and fourth quarters, students will study the Baroque and Classical Eras

Grading:

Quarter Grading will be weighted as follows:

Assignments                            40%

Participation                            30%

Quizzes/Tests                          30%

Semester Grading will be weighted as follows:

Quarter 1 Grade                      40%

Quarter 2 Grade                      40%

Semester Final                         20%

 

Grades will be assigned according to the following percentage points:

A             94+

A-           90-93

B+           87-89

B             83-86

B-            80-82

C+           77-79

C             73-76

C-            70-72

D+          67-69

D             63-66

D-           60-62

F              <60

Assignments with no name or which are late will lose 20% each day and after 3 days will receive no credit.

Assignments with first name only will lose 10%.

Participation points will be earned daily, recorded on Infinite Campus weekly, and will be graded as follows:

+ = 10/10 (Exceptional participation and preparedness)

0 = 8/10 (Meeting expectations for participation and preparedness)

-  = 6/10 (Not meeting expectations or causing minor distractions)

x = 0/10 (Not meeting expectations and distracting others from the educational process)

 

Classroom Expectations:

• Always have a pencil and a 1” 3-Ring Binder with loose-leaf paper
• Please see your student handbook for policies on cheating, homework, attendance and conduct.

Due Dates, Quiz and Test Dates:
Please see my website for assignment due dates and dates of Quizzes and Tests.

 “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” – Plato