6th Grade Trombones, Beginning Saxes, and Trumpet

Learning Targets:
1) Beginning Saxes: I can play Manhattan Beach March
2) Trombones and Trumpet: I can play Largo and Just Fine
3) I can play Star Wars at a 2 (if I am a beginner) and at a 3 if I have been playing for a year
4) I can play the into to Harry Potter at a 2.
5) I can read quarter note, eighth note and sixteenth note patterns
6) I can define and play lip slurs (brass players)
7) I can define and play long tones (saxophone players)
8) I can define and form a good embouchure
9) I can define and form good technique

Lesson Plan:
1) Beginning with warm ups: we will start with our books and discuss long tones and lip slurs
2) Breaking into teams we will work on our assigned songs for today
3) We will work on Star Wars as a whole class. We will be playing the ENTIRE song today
4) Review the embouchure and technique challenge. Who wants to model?
5) Harry Potter!
6) Reading Unit.