Sixth Grade- Skills and Goals

A skill I have learned in the past five months is that I learned how to use all aspects of my voice in drama. We went through every step it takes to find your voice, including respiration, phonation and articulation. In learning this skill I am now able to control my voice well when I am publicly speaking.

A challenge i faced in the past five months was when I had to make the decision whether to play in a soccer game or go to play rehersal. This happened a few times when I had a big rehersal scheduled for the same time as a soccer game, and I knew that I would probably be kicked out of the play if I skipped rehersal and I also knew that there would be other soccer games that would not clash with my rehersal schedule. I dealt with this by choosing whichever was more practical, or more of a one chance situation. For example: Most of the times I found that it would be more practical to go to play rehersal because I knew that I only had one chance to be in the Harry Potter play and I didnt want to mess up that chance. This is how I have dealt with a challenge in the past five months.

A skill that I would like to learn as I go through the year is to be more organized. I would like to be able to keep my locker cleaner and keep better track of my stuff.

I contributed positively to the sixth grade community by befriending lots of new students this year. When we first started sixth grade I was already really familiar with the school, so I was able to show a lot of people around and help people become more used to the school. This is how I contributed positively to the sixth grade community.

One goal I have for the New Year is connected with the skill I would like to develope. My goal is to become more organized. The steps I will take to reach this goal is that I will get all my stuff ready at night before I go to bed, keep all my stuff in the correct designated folders, and throw out old, unneeded papers so that I am sure of what i need to keep track of. Another goal I have is to become better in my trombone skills. The steps I will take to reach this goal is by keeping up better with my practice logs and be more focused in my practice sessions. These are two goals I have and the steps I will take to reach them. :)