Final Concert

The 6th grade Orchestra and 6th Grade Sinfonia will present their final concert Monday, May 10th at 7pm in the Awtrey Theatre.  The students have worked so hard to prepare a concert that is enteraining yet also evident of the skills they have learned this year.  I think you will be very surprised by their ability to communicate a message to you using only their instruments. 

There will be lights, video, pictures, singing, and yes playing!!!!  I look forward to seeing you there with your family,  friends, neighbors, and EVERYONE else to cheer them on!!! 

• All students need to wear jeans and their orchestra polo. 
• All Sinfonia students will perform in their Sinfonia t-shirt so make sure you bring that along with your polo.
• All students need to arrive on stage by 6:30pm ready to tune! 

Lastly all students are expected to watch the 7th grade performance immediately following their performance.  If anyone needs to leave they need to let MC know prior to Monday night's performance.

6th Grade Method Book Project

Create a  Method Book project is due Thursday, May 7th by the end of the day. Remember that you must be colorful, neat, and creative.  Your songs need to be on either staff paper or blank paper---I WILL NOT ACCEPT LINED PAPER!

There is a link below for the instructions but 6th period remember that you must also write a biography on a composer either living or dead.  Each person in the group must do their own biography and it needs to be interesting with important details such as birth date, birth place, parents, how he/ she got into music, what were their musical contributions, and lastly how did their music impact the history of music.  These biographies do not have to be long but they must be interesting.

You will have class time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to work on these projects however we still have one piece left to learn for your concert on Monday.  If you need anything from MC just let me know.

Create a Method Book Guidelines

6th Grade Jamboree is Monday

All students need to wear jeans (no holes), black orchestra polo, a black belt, and dark shoes.  Students need to also bring their sunglasses and wire stands for the performance.  Students will stay afterschool to eat and make last minute preparations for Jamboree.  We will leave Awtrey at approximately 5:15pm and arrive at Daniell Middle School no later than 6pm.

The actual performance for parents begins at 7:30pm but make sure you get there early because parking is limited.  Any child not traveling back to Awtrey on the bus needs to make sure they checkout with MC prior to leaving.

Any parent assisting MC with transporting instruments, serving pizza, and/or riding the bus needs to be at Awtrey by 4pm.

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EQ: How do you present an idea and convince others to follow you? How do you create a game to learn musical concepts?

Monday: Students will present their game ideas and critque their game instructions using a rubric. Students will use the techniques to learn the fist half of dragon slayer in preparation for their test on Thursday.

Tuesday:  Students will present their game ideas and critque their game instructions using a rubric. Students will use the techniques to learn the fist half of dragon slayer in preparation for their test on Thursday.

Wednesday:  Students will present their game ideas and critque their game instructions using a rubric. Students will use the techniques to learn the fist half of dragon slayer in preparation for their test on Thursday.

Thursday:  Students will finish presenting their game ideas and critque their game instructions using a rubric. Students will take a test on Dragon Slayer with their stand partner and a stand from another section. Students must play together and do the dynamics and articulations.

Friday:  Students will play the games they created to learn the terms for their upcoming terms test.


Learning Goal
Students will learn how to give a compelling presentation.
Students will learn how to apply techniques to learn new music concepts.
Students will know their terms

Game Project

Part I of your Terms Project is still due this Friday at the end of class. 
Details:  You are to create instructions for a game that will help you learn your terms.  You must give very specific details on how to play the game and if you have specific game pieces, board, cards, etc... then you must include a drawing of those pieces.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUILD A GAME YET!  I only want instructions on a piece of paper.

You will be graded on your game's ability to teach the terms, your creativity, and your ability to explain how to play the game.  Each student/ group will present their game idea to the class and we will vote for the top three games.  Those persons who win the top three spots will receive extra credit and MC will create your game for the class to play.

6th Grade Ensemble

6th grade ensemble will meet next Thursday morning (March 11th) at 8am due to scheduling conflicts.  If any student cannot be present please send me an email letting me know as soon as possible.   We will be recording your pieces to take inventory on where we are in preparation for our Six Flags Festival.