Trombone Shorty

Trombone Shorty

Predict:

What do you think this story is about?​

Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews

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A trombone is a brass instraument. ​

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Trombone

Brass Instruments

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New Orleans

Where Y'At?

Different way to say "hello!"

• Hey

• What's up?

• How you?

• How ya been? ​

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Who is the main character of the story?

• Trombone Shorty

• New Orleans

• James

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Where does this story take place?

• New Orleans

• Atlanta

• Michigan

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Where did Trombone Shorty get his Trombone?

• He found it.

• It was a birthday gift from his mom.

• It was his brothers old trombone.

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How did Trombone Shorty get his name?

• His brother called him Trombone Shorty because the trombone was too big for him.

• It's what his mother always called him because he liked to listen to trombones as a baby.

• He would dance anytime he heard a trombone being played.

Multiple Choice

In New Orleans, if someone says "where y'at?" what do they mean?

• Hello!

• Where are you?

• Where are you going?

Open Ended

Why do you think he slept with his Trombone?

Multiple Choice

Was his trombone important to him?

• Yes!

• No!

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When he went to the Bo Diddly concert with his mom and Bo Diddly heard him playing his trombone during the concert, was Bo Diddly mad?

• No, he called him onto the stage.

• No, but he asked him to stop playing.

• Yes, and he demanded he stop playing.

Multiple Choice

Trombone Shorty made a band with his friends and they called themselves "The 5 o'clock Band." Why did they choose that name?

• That's when they started to practice each day - after their homework.

• That's when they had to stop playing and go home for dinner.

• That was their favorite time of day because the sun would be setting.

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Now, as an adult, Trombone Shorty always keeps an eye out for young musicians. Why does he want to help young musicians?

• Because his older brother, James, helped him when he was younger.

• He wants to know what kids like to listen to so he can learn how to play it.

• He sees young musicians as competition and does not want to help them.

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What was this story mostly about?

• How Trombone Shorty got his name.

• The celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

• How to make chicken gumbo.

• How to play a trombone.