Publisher Desc.  At home in the beginning through 3rd years of band, this is a book that hammers home the reading skills of the following and (at least at the onset) sequenced according to most method books used in schools. First 3 Notes First 5 Notes First 8 Notes 1 Octave Reading in Band-Heavy Keys: Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, and F These exercises can be used however you wish, but here some ideas on how to implement them in your classroom: As a daily reading warmup/review As an option on student playing checks Formative assessments - fill out practice guides together, in class, as self-assessment! Some students choose the reading roundups as their personal project, a quarter-long, student choice project. The included practice guides offer your students the opportunity to assess their own playing and set their own logical practice goals during each session.