Lake Dallas Middle School 6th grade and Intermediate Girls Choir – Course Syllabus
Nancy Todd, Director Course

Description and Goals: The 6th grade Choir and Intermediate Girls Choir course provides the means of laying a solid foundation in sight-reading and performance skills. The course will utilize movable Do (solfege) and Kodaly hand signs. The goal of the course is to teach the students to implement the movable Do system, accompanied by the Kodaly hand signs when sight reading a musical selection. Through this course of study, the students will learn new pieces and become more independent singers. The students will be given opportunities to perform the selected pieces and showcase skills learned through the semester.

Class Rules
1. Be on time and ready to work
2. NO GUM!!!
3. Keep a pencil in your folder at all times

Uniform Dress Code
Formal – Choir robes and dress shoes
Casual - Choir Shirts and Blue jeans, any shoes EXCEPT flip - flops

Grading Policy Attitude and participation in daily rehearsals, sectionals, extra rehearsals, and performances are very important. Excessive failures and absences may be cause for dismissal from the group and future choir participation will be in question.

Daily grading scale
Warm-up – 15 points
Sight Reading – 15 points
Behavior Issues – 10 or more points
Rehearsal – 40 points
Talking – 10 points
Gum – 5 points
Folder care – 5 points