Chronicles of Narnia
The 5th graders had the opportunity to integrate their language arts, science, and math skills with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe novel.
The land of enchantment has come to life in the minds of the Lasara fifth graders. The magical land of Narnia, the unforgettable characters, and the forces between good and evil inspired students to create projects that brought to life the scenes from the classic novel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. During the time that the fifth graders were reading this favorite Chronicles of Narnia book, they also started working on projects that depicted favorite parts of the novel. These projects included a variety of creative ideas such as wooden/cardboard wardrobes, snowy/spring scenes, clay character sculptures, battle scenes, drawings, character sock puppets, and even a sampling of Turkish Delight.
Science was all around the classic novel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, from the weather changes to the powers of the evil witch. The student's objective was to create a super hero for the Land of Narnia that can help solve Narnia's matter problems. They were to create a resume for their Super Hero incorporating how their 4 specific special talents would be good for Narnia and submit it to the Narnia Department of Matter. Their super hero needed to be able to add heat to change matter, remove heat to change matter, change an object's buoyancy, and change an object's density. Their resumes include specific stories of special times their super hero has done a good deed using his ablilty to change matter. Students will also create or illustrate an image of their superhero with their powers or equipment labeled.
Their math skills were used to with precise measurements in their creative projects. Students had to mindful to make sure that their projects were not too small or too large for the display. Those that created a wardrobe closet had to carefully estimate that what they were creating would all fit together. The scenes and sculptures that were made were very innovative and creative.
Incorporating the different disciplines helps students relate to real-life experiences where life-long learning is taking place. The 5th graders viewed the movie and made comparisons to the novel. We believe that the students enjoyed the novel more by giving them the opportunity to become part of the novel with their ideas and creativity of the projects and expanding the learning into other subject areas.
Mrs. Barragan
Mrs. L
Cantu
Mr. I. Quintanilla
