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Teachers NotesEl Sistema upholds PASSION first/REFINEMENT second. This PowerPoint has some activities for just doing that. Children must love music first even though they dont understand all the details of it! Once the passion and desire is there, we begin to refine.This PPT contains the following:An expression activityA rhythm activityA process of refinement through ensemble workAn encouragement for YOU as the teacher to show the local community what these awesome kids have learned!NOTE: It is all a process! Even the product of a performance is part of the process! Remember that kids LOVE the process! The words may not all be here for you to say but YOU ARE AN EDUCATOR, BE CREATIVE! Most importantly, ENJOY YOURSELF and smile!Carnival of the Animals:FossilsBy: Camille Saint-Sans

PPT By: Maria Ahrens

What is a fossil?Ask the students! Provoke interesting responces.3FossilsAt midnight in the museum hall, The fossils gathered for a ball, There were no drums or saxophones, But just the clatter of their bones, Rolling, rattling carefree circus, Of mammoth polkas and mazurkas, Pterodactyls and brontosauruses Sang ghostly prehistoric choruses, Amid the mastodonic wassail I caught the eye of one small fossil, Cheer up sad world, he said and winked, Its kind of fun to be extinct. -Ogden Nash

Read this story-like poem in a very characteristic way, with extra motions, if possible.4What would fossils look like dancing?Ask the kids!5A dancing brachiosaurus?

Long necks?6A dancing triceratops?

Horns on their heads?7A dancing tyrannosaurus?

Itty-bitty arms?8Lets do it!

Dance like a dinosaur!9Clap this rhythm on your lap!

Clap the melody! This is what it looks like on music! (Maybe do eighths on lap and quarters with a clap?)10Teamwork Time!The beginning of ensemble work. (More advanced)11Teachers NotesRefinement is a long process. Dont make it boring! On the next slides there are bits of a reduced score of the Fossils. Use them how you can. If your students are agile instrument players, you may go ahead and give it a shot with them, however, for younger students just beginning, you need to be a little bit more hands-on. An idea:Divide the piece in your own way and create your own version of the song. For example, if you have 12 kids, divide them in to 4 groups. Group 1 plays the first run of eighths and a quarter note. Group 2 plays the second run. Group 3 plays the third run. Group 4 plays the last segment to finish and the whole class repeats. FUN! It doesnt have to exactly like the piece! Consider this the class Fossils-inspired work of art! Go ahead and add a B section in which everyone plays the Twinkle, Twinkle theme and then repeat the A section again!

Group 1?Group 2?Group 3?Group 4?

Teachers NotesAfter lots of hard work and tons of fun, the next step is performance! Schedule a small concert for the students parents and teachers! Part of El Sistema is getting students to perform often so that performance is never a high-stress moment but rather a way of sharing!Carnival Of The Animals. 12: FossilsNettle and Markham & Saint-SaensNettle and MarkhamCarnival of the Animals2011-12-01T08:00:00Zmonymaya@hotmail.com 2011 Start Entertainments Limited2013-03-08 03:04:39StartEntertainmentsLimited:isrc:GBYWD1017227Carnival Of The Animals. 12: FossilsNettle and Markham & Saint-SaensNettle and MarkhamCarnival of the Animals2011-12-01T08:00:00Zmonymaya@hotmail.com 2011 Start Entertainments Limited2013-03-08 03:04:39StartEntertainmentsLimited:isrc:GBYWD1017227