Here is The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. We learned about it in 1st grade in music class, but this is a great piece for anyone to listen to. As you listen to the music for each animal, try one or more of the following activities. Feel free to write to me and tell me how it went! littlefielda@tukwila.wednet.edu or googledocs.

• Move to the music the way the animal would move. Listen to see if you should move fast or slow or bumpy or smooth?

• Draw a picture of each animal (pause if you need to to finish your drawing).

• Write a poem or short story about the animal - What might the animal be doing? Is he alone or with friends? Is she on an adventure?

• Writing/Discussion Prompts:
  - What instruments do you hear?
  - How did Camille use the instruments differently for the different animals?
  - Pick two to compare and contrast the tempo (speed), dynamics (loud/soft) and timbre/tone color (quality of the sound - bumpy, smooth, bouncy, rough).
  - What was your favorite and why?

In 2nd grade, we learned Bach's Fugue in G minor. We sang it with these lyrics. See how many times you can hear that theme in this piece. You can also see how the organ is played in this video!

J. S. Bach was born in 1685
Married twice he had 20 children
Many of whom became musicians
And he wrote this in g minor as a fugue

Just a reminder, a fugue takes a short theme, or melody, and repeats it in many ways.

In the Magic Flute, Papageno finally meets up with Papagena. They are happy to have found each other and discuss their future together with lots of little Papagenos and Papagenas.

Cab Calloway is an interesting performer. He's a little goofy, but has lots of fun with scat singing!