Dr. Michael Kester-Haynes

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Grade 6 Vocal Music Units

Unit Plan 29 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Sight-Singing Practice

Grade 6 singers build confidence reading and singing new music using notation, solfege, and rehearsal strategies to improve pitch, rhythm, and ensemble blend.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Sound & Scene Creation

Grade 6 students create vocal patterns and soundscapes inspired by images and emotions, using pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and tone to communicate mood and meaning.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Ensemble Performance

Grade 6 vocalists rehearse and perform collaboratively, strengthening pitch, rhythm, diction, expression, and performance etiquette as ensemble singers.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Vocal Storytelling

Grade 6 students create short vocal soundscapes and musical scenes that tell stories, express emotions, and represent places—then explain how choices like tempo, dynamics, pitch, and tone connect to the narrative and their personal experiences.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Cultural Singing Styles

Grade 6 students sing vocal music from diverse cultures, using rhythm, pitch, dynamics, and tone to perform with authentic style and cultural respect.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Music & Culture

Grade 6 students explore vocal music from different cultures, learning how songs reflect traditions, history, and daily life through respectful listening and comparison.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Music & Personal Identity

Grade 6 students connect music preferences and vocal styles to personal experiences, identity, and feelings, explaining how these shape singing choices and goals.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Evaluating Vocal Performances

Grade 6 students use clear criteria and specific evidence to evaluate vocal performances—pitch, rhythm, blend, diction, and expression—through respectful listening, feedback, and goal-setting.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Comparing Performances

Grade 6 students compare expressive choices in vocal performances—tone, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and diction—to explain how interpretation and meaning change.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Tone & Text Expression

Analyze how vocal tone, dynamics, and lyrics work together in Grade 6 vocal music to shape mood, expression, and musical meaning through listening and performance.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Listening for Musical Elements

Grade 6 students identify pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and tempo in vocal music through focused listening, analysis, and music vocabulary to describe mood and expression.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Performance With Reflection

Perform Grade 6 vocal music with accurate pitch, rhythm, diction, and expressive choices—then explain how tempo, dynamics, articulation, and tone communicate musical intent to an audience.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Preparing a Vocal Piece

Rehearse a Grade 6 vocal piece using proven strategies to strengthen pitch accuracy, rhythmic steadiness, and ensemble blend, while applying teacher feedback to polish performance-ready singing.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Singing With Expression

Apply tempo, dynamics, and articulation to shape expressive vocal performances, helping Grade 6 students interpret music with intention and meaning.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Revising Vocal Music

Teach Grade 6 singers to revise musical ideas using peer and teacher feedback, improving pitch, rhythm, diction, and expressive singing skills.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Notating Vocal Music

Teach Grade 6 singers how to document original vocal ideas using basic notation and simple recording tools, helping them save, revise, and share melodies accurately and confidently.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Organizing Musical Ideas

Help Grade 6 singers organize melodic ideas into simple song forms (AB or verse–refrain), using repetition and contrast to create a clear beginning, middle, and ending they can perform.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Melody Creation

Create short, singable melodies in a given key and meter as Grade 6 students use stepwise motion and simple rhythms to compose and perform original ideas.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Creating Vocal Patterns

Improvise short vocal patterns using limited pitch sets and simple rhythms as Grade 6 singers express clear moods, build creativity, and gain confidence in vocal improvisation.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Reading Vocal Notation

Build Grade 6 music literacy by reading basic melodic notation on the treble staff, using solfege and lyrics to sing simple melodies with confidence.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): First Group Performance

Prepare Grade 6 singers for a polished first unison performance by building accurate pitch, rhythm, diction, and expressive singing while practicing focused ensemble behavior and respectful performance/audience etiquette.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Rehearsal Strategies

Apply rehearsal strategies to fix pitch and rhythm as students respond to teacher feedback to strengthen technique, ensemble skills, and confident vocal performance.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Expression Through Dynamics

Explore how dynamics shape musical meaning as students use soft and loud singing to connect rhythm, pitch, tone, and text for expressive vocal performance.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Rhythm & Text Clarity

Perform rhythms accurately with clear diction as students use clapping, chanting, and rehearsal strategies to connect tempo, articulation, and expression in vocal performance.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 6 Vocal Music): Solfege Basics

Use solfege (do–re–mi–fa–sol) to boost pitch accuracy and basic sight-singing as students read stepwise melodies and small skips, connect staff notation to what they hear, and apply solfege to learn songs faster.