Each trimester the 5th grade makes a poster (either with poster board and art materials or an online poster). The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade write two page papers.

Trimester 1:  the students pick their favorite musical instrument, a photo, what musical instrument family does it belong to, and why did they pick this instrument.

Trimester 2:  the students pick any composer in the categories of traditional classical composers from Europe, female composers, and American composers. 

Trimester 3:  We will study voice types in singers: Lyric sopranos. mezzo sopranos, altos,tenors, baritones and basses.  Page 1: choose a singer from opera, musical theater, pop or country western and write their voice type, photo, biography etc.  Page 2: pick a song, write the title and your favorite lyrics from the song.  Write why you like the lyrics. What do the lyrics mean to you? What do the lyrics mean?