6th Grade6th Grade

Instrument construction project

All 6th graders will construct an original instrument and play it for their class.  Instrument Construction Project information can be found here.  Projects must be completed and presented to your class by the end of the quarter.

Instrument presentation project

All 6th graders will research an instrument from a country that either they are from or someone from their family is from.  Projects will be completed in either Google Slides or on a poster and must include a listening example or video clip of the instrument.  Instrument Presentation Project information and grading rubric is found here.

UKULELE PLAYING ASSESSMENTS

Throughout the ukulele unit, there will be playing assessments for several songs and skills that we are learning in class.  Playing assessments are typically worth 40 points, (C scale playing assessment is 35) and use the Ukulele Performance Rubric.

UKULELE TUTORIALS

Ukulele tutorial videos are shared in Google Drive.  If you don’t have access to a video, tell Mrs. Winters and she will share it with you.  Videos can be helpful to watch in class or at home to get extra practice with the chords that we’ll be playing in class this year.

QUIZZES

Classes will be taking short quizzes to review the material that is covered in class on socrative.  Some quizzes will be done individually and some will be in small teams of 2-3 students.  Most quizzes are 10-15 questions and 20-30 points each.

6th grade overview

6th grade classes will be learning about how sound waves and instruments work, while playing ukulele and world percussion instruments.  Students will also construct an original instrument for a project and present their instrument to their class.  6th grade will also research instruments from a country that either they are from, or someone in their family is from, and present that to their class.