5th Grade Mythical Creatures and Poetry

One of 5th grade's most exciting visual arts projects of the year has been their amazing mythical creature mixed media project in the style of Eric Carle! Students first learned about various mythologies and legends from different cultures and the mythical creatures that populate such tales. Our young artists then designed their own mythical creatures---complete with character traits, physical attributes, and habitat---and then constructed them as artworks through painting, texturing, and collage. Connecting these beautiful artworks to ELA themes, each student then wrote a poem about their mythical creature using figurative language and ELA strategies.