Carnival of the Animals Unit—focusing on Dynamics Here is the cute, colorful, interactive, way you’ve been looking for to present the Saint-Saens classic “Carnival of the Animals” to your elementary music students in a COMPLETE UNIT. This PowerPoint presentation PACKAGE includes a brief composer biography, program synopsis, dynamics introduction and practice, listening guide, animations, sound clips, featured instruments, a collection of worksheets, tests and more. What’s included— -14 presentation slides with sound clips and animations focusing on featured instruments, dynamics, and characteristic style of each animal and the finale. --4 bonus slides including a synopsis, composer bio, dynamics presentation and review activity. --Accompanying worksheet bundle including listening guide for the PPT presentation slides, and dynamics practice activities. --2 tests to assess the concepts presented in the unit (different levels, one adapted for Special Education/IEP students requiring modified tests/quizzes) with Answer Key and suggested listening examples. I see my students two times per 6 day cycle, for 45 minutes. When I teach this unit it takes two cycles to complete from start to finish (first presentation to test completion.) And, they view the PPT animal slides twice….the first time with the audio samples in full, and the second time on the day before the test, listening to just a small section of each piece. I also use the Jim Gamble Video puppet show version of “The Carnival of the Animals” during the teaching of this unit to give them another audio/visual correlation and better understanding of the work. This video is available on Amazon.com. Public Domain and Creative Commons Licensed Audio Samples ARE INCLUDED in the Presentation Slides (courtesy of MusOpen.org). This presentation is locked for editing and is designed to be used in "Read Only" mode to protect copyright. A password is NOT needed. To save, simply drag and drop from your downloads folder to your desired location. It must be used in PowerPoint, and will NOT function in Google Slides, as they are not compatible programs. Finally, this was created using a Windows computer. There are some known compatibility issues with some newer Mac computers with the audio. If this occurs, please contact me directly and I'll try to help you troubleshoot. ******************************************************************** A few more products you may be interested in Raindrop Melodies {pentatonic d r m s l}. The Cat Came Back--new verse creation project for teaching verse/refrain. Curwen Hand Sign Posters {Boomwhacker Colored}--Kodaly. ******************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store.