Arts Elective CoursesGrade 6

Thomas W. Pyle

Middle School

6th Grade Arts Courses

Arts Rotation Courses

• Art

• Computer Applications

• Family and Consumer Sciences

• General Music

• Introduction to Design & 3D Modeling

• Introduction to Theater

• TV Studio

• Awareness of Language

Full Year Courses

• Chorus

• Band

• Orchestra

Elective Rotation

• Introduces 6th grade students to a range of experiences in four elective courses.

• Nurture student interest, talent, and appreciation of the Arts and Technology.

• Each elective course is one marking period.

• Students are randomly assigned four courses within the elective rotation.

Art• Introduction to fine

arts through a variety of projects related to World Studies curriculum.

Art• Students explore

various mediums and tools, while learning techniques and skills.

Introduction to

Computer Applications6th Grade Arts Rotation

Students are introduced to a variety ofcomputer applications.

They learn important and useful skills they will use throughout their life.

What Skills are Taught?

Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of desktop publishing as they begin to learn how to make their documents look crisp, clean, organized, readable and professional.

Students get instruction in the following applications, as time and technology allow:

Microsoft Word 2010 PowerPoint 2007 Turbo Typing (keyboarding tutorial) Inspiration (students learn to create graphic organizers) Publisher (students use templates for a variety of documents) Scratch and Alice

(beginning animation)

Family and Consumer Sciences

Cooking

Family and Consumer Sciences

Sewing

Introduction to Design & 3-D Modeling and Energy & the Environment are 6th grade courses as part of the Elective Rotation. Students are randomly assigned 4 courses in the Elective Rotation.

• Accelerated Pre-Engineering Pathway

• Pre-Engineering Pathway

Gateway To

Technology-A/B:

Grade 7

full year

Introduction to

Engineering Design

A/B: Grade 8

full year

Principles of

Engineering: Grade 9

full year

Other HS or AP

Credit Courses

Introduction to Design

& 3-D Modeling:

Grade 6

9 weeks

Energy & the

Environment:

Grade 6

9 weeks

Gateway To

Technology-A:

Grade 7

semester

Gateway To

Technology-B:

Grade 8

semester

Introduction to

Engineering Design

A/B: Grade 9

full year

Introduction to Design

& 3-D Modeling:

Grade 6

9 weeks

Energy & the

Environment:

Grade 6

9 weeks

Intro. To Design and 3-D Modeling

Students will:

• Learn about the design process.

• Learn how we use technology to meet our needs.

• Use special computer software to create 3-D models.

6th Grade Introduction to Theater

1 Quarter, part of the Arts Rotation

Theatre Games & Activities

Communication Skills

Final Performance

6th Grade TV Studio

In this class you will:

Learn basic camera work

techniques

Learn digital editing

techniques with iMovie

Create the Mii,

the project all about you!

Run a business with the Agency simulation

Music Exploration – 6th Grade Rotation• Explore various aspects of music

through performance, listening and responding, music literacy, and history and theory.

• Perform and experience music of many different styles, genres, and cultures.

• Read and interpret music using the voice and the guitar.

• Learn the basics of playing guitar including playing melodies and chords.

• Learn how to listen to music intelligently to recognize what we are actually hearing when we listen to our favorite songs.

6th Grade ChorusAward winning choral group made up of 6th grade young men and women.

Exciting course designed to strengthen the voice, sharpen skill in music, and perform with friends and classmates.

Perform a wide variety of choral music including classical, pop, musical theatre, folk, rock, and more.

Explore the fundamentals of musicianship and choral singing including reading and interpreting the score, vocal health and sound production, and singing within an ensemble.

Perform in two major concerts and participate in performance field trips including a music competition and celebration in an amusement park.

Excellent opportunity to make new and lasting friends.

Instrumental Music Department

Promoting individual musical growth, ensemble-building, and leadership!

6th Grade Band

• Cultivate leadership skills.• Perform three concerts

each year.• Compete at the Hershey

Park Music Festival.

• Develop and refine the fundamentals of playing a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument.

• Explore a variety of repertoire in a full band ensemble.• Dive into music vocabulary and theory.• Be a part of a musical community and make friends!

6th Grade Orchestra

• Cultivate leadership skills.• Perform three concerts

each year.• Compete at the Hershey

Park Music Festival.

• Develop and refine the fundamentals of playing a string instrument.

• Explore a variety of repertoire in a full string ensemble.• Dive into music vocabulary and theory.• Be a part of a musical community and make friends!

Jazz Band • Tuesdays after-school.• Develop advanced

woodwind technique.• Experience “chamber

music” small-ensemble-playing.

• Learn a variety of repertoire, from classical to jazz to contemporary.

• Perform four concerts each year.

• Have fun in an advanced ensemble!

Flute & Clarinet Choir

• Tuesdays after-school.• Saxes, Trumpets, Low

Brass, Keyboard, Guitar, Bass, Drum set.

• Develop the fundamentals of jazz ensemble playing.

• Dive into Jazz Theory and improvisation.

• Perform in four concerts each year.

• Have fun in an advanced ensemble!

Audition-Based Ensembles:

6th Grade Elective Courses

Arts Rotation Courses

• Art

• Computer Applications

• Family and Consumer Sciences

• General Music

• Introduction to Design & 3D Modeling

• Introduction to Theater

• TV Studio

• Awareness of Language

Full Year Courses

• Chorus

• Band

• Orchestra