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Thanks for purchasing this collections of listening logs for Carnival of the Animals. This

collection contains several different formats of the same kind of listening logs so that you can

choose the one that will work best in your classroom and with your time constraints. In order

to use these in your classroom you will need to have recordings of each of Saint-Saen’s pieces

in the Carnival of the Animals collection.

Table of Contents3 Listening Log (pitch, dynamics, tempo) 5 to a page

4 Listening Log (pitch, dynamics, instruments) 5 to a page



7 Listening Log (pitch, dynamics, instruments with song titles)

8 Animals in Disguise (guess animal of each piece)

9 Animals in Disguise (guess animal of each piece-5 to a page)

10 Sketch a Song (draw what you hear) 6 to a page

11 Sketch a Song (draw what you hear) 4 to a page

12 Predict the Performance 1 (lion, hens and roosters, tortoise,

kangaroos)

13 Predict the Performance 2 (aquarium, aviary, fossils, swan)

14 Primary Writing Worksheet

15 Primary Writing Worksheet (blank lines)


Name of Song Was it

mostly….?

Was it…? What tempo did

you hear?

� high

or

� Low

� loud

or

� soft

� slow

or

� fast

� high

or

� Low

� loud

or

� soft

� slow

or

� fast

� high

or

� Low

� loud

or

� soft

� slow

or

� fast

� high

or

� Low

� loud

or

� soft

� slow

or

� fast

� high

or

� Low

� loud

or

� soft

� slow

or

� fast

Name ________________________________ Class ______________ Date ______________


Carnival of the AnimalsL i s t e n i n g L o g

Which piece was your favorite? _____________________________________________

Song Was it mostly….?

Was it…? What instrument(s) did you hear?

Royal March of

the Lion

� high� low

� loud� soft

Hens and

Roosters

� high� low

� loud� soft

Wild Donkeys � high� low

� loud� soft

Tortoises � high� low

� loud� soft

Elephant � high� low

� loud� soft

Kangaroos � high� low

� loud� soft

Aquarium � high� low

� loud� soft

Personages

with Long Ears

� high� low

� loud� soft

Cuckoo in the

Woods

� high� low

� loud� soft

The Aviary � high� low

� loud� soft

Pianists � high� low

� loud� soft

Fossils � high� low

� loud� soft

The Swan � high� low

� loud� soft

Finale � high� low

� loud� soft

Name ________________________________ Class ______________ Date ______________


Carnival of the AnimalsWhat do you hear?

SongWas it

mostly…? Was it…?What instrument(s)

did you hear?

What animal do you think Saint-Saens

wanted you to hear?

1� high

� low

� loud

� soft

2� high

� low

� loud

� soft

3� high

� low

� loud

� soft

4� high

� low

� loud

� soft

5� high

� low

� loud

� soft

6� high

� low

� loud

� soft

7� high

� low

� loud

� soft

8� high

� low

� loud

� soft

9� high

� low

� loud

� soft

10� high

� low

� loud

� soft

11� high

� low

� loud

� soft

12� high

� low

� loud

� soft

13� high

� low

� loud

� soft

14� high

� low

� loud

� soft

Name ________________________________ Class ______________ Date ______________


Carnival of the AnimalsAnimals in Disguise

Listen as your teacher plays pieces from Carnival of the Animals. Fill in each line as you listen. Then listen as your teachers tells you the names of each piece. Circle the number of each animal that you guessed correctly.

Name ________________________________ Class ______________ Date ______________


Carnival of the Animals

Sketch a SongListen as your teacher plays pieces from Carnival of the Animals. Draw a picture of the animal(s) you think Saint-Saens wanted you to think of when you heard his music.

1 2

3 4

Name ________________________________ Class ______________ Date ______________


Carnival of the AnimalsPredict the Performance

Camille Saint-Saens wrote a set of 14 short pieces of music called Carnival of Animals. Each piece

is supposed to represent a different kind of beast. Before listening to each piece, predict what you

will hear based on what you know about the animal. Then listen to each piece and record what you

actually heard.

March of the Royal LionI expect that this song will be � fast � slow / � loud � soft

� mostly high sounds � mostly low sounds

This song will be � legato (smooth, connected) or � staccato (short, separated).

The best instrument to play the lion is the ___________________________________.

What did you hear?

� fast � slow / � loud � soft / � high � low / � legato � staccato

Hens and Roosters

I expect that this song will be � fast � slow / � loud � soft




What did you hear?


Tortoises

I expect that this song will be � fast � slow / � loud � soft




What did you hear?


KangaroosI expect that this song will be � fast � slow / � loud � soft




What did you hear?



Name ________________________ Date ____________

Today`I`listened`to``````````````````.It`was```````````````````````````````.

Listen to the piece of music by Camille Saint-Saens. Write about it on the lines

provided. Then illustrate the song below.

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