Grade 6

Just because the songs don”t address many 6th grade standards, does not mean it is not useful for 6th graders…unless all your students have mastered the standards from grades K-5.

Song

Standard(s) Addressed

All Songs

Music Standards

2.0 CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Creating, Performing, and Participating in Music

Students apply vocal and instrumental musical skills in performing avaried repertoire of music.

Apply Vocal and Instrumental Skills
2.1 Sing with accuracy in a developmentally appropriate range.
2.2 Sing age-appropriate songs from memory.
2.3 Play rhythmic ostinatos on classroom instruments.

Word Recognition
R1.1 Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently and accurately and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression. (Students improve fluency as they read song lyrics while singing.)

Thinking While You Read

R1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development
Students use their knowledge of…literary context clues, to determinethe meaning of specialized vocabulary and to understand the precise meaning of grade-level-appropriate words.

R1.4 Monitor expository text for unknown words or words with novel meanings by using word, sentence, and paragraph clues to determine meaning.

R2.3 Connect and clarify main ideas by identifying their relationships to other sources and related topics.

Polly Wolly Prefix

The Writer”s Song

W1.2b Develop the topic with supporting details and precise verbs, nouns, and adjectives to paint a visual image in the mind of the reader.

W2.1 Write narratives:
a. Establish and develop a plot and setting and present a point of view that is appropriate to the stories.
b. Include sensory details and concrete language to develop plot and character.
c. Use a range of narrative devices (e.g., dialogue, suspense).
Capitalization
W1.4 Use correct capitalization.
W1.5 Spell frequently misspelled words correctly (e.g., their, they”re, there).

Plural Y and F

Parts of Speech

W1.2b Develop the topic with supporting details and precise verbs, nouns, and adjectives to paint a visual image in the mind of the reader.

Talk-Talk Song

2.1 Write narratives: Use a range of narrative devices (e.g., dialogue, suspense).

4 Kinds of Sentences

Synonym Antonym Homonym Chant

Fiction Doodle Dandy

Angles Song

MG2.3 Draw quadrilaterals and triangles from given information about them (e.g., a quadrilateral having equal sides but no right angles, a right isosceles triangle).

Parallel and Perpendicular

MG2.3 Draw quadrilaterals and triangles from given information about them (e.g., a quadrilateral having equal sides but no right angles, a right isosceles triangle).

Triangle Song

MG2.3 Draw quadrilaterals and triangles from given information about them (e.g., a quadrilateral having equal sides but no right angles, a right isosceles triangle).

Quadrilateral

MG2.3 Draw quadrilaterals and triangles from given information about them (e.g., a quadrilateral having equal sides but no right angles, a right isosceles triangle).

Perimeter Area Song

Measurement Song

AF2.1 Convert one unit of measurement to another (e.g., from feet to miles, from centimeters to inches).

All Skip Counting Songs (3 Song, etc.)

NS2.4 Determine the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of whole numbers; use them to solve problems with fractions (e.g., to find a common denominator to add two fractions or to find the reduced form for a fraction).