To celebrate Halloween, we are featuring St. Anastasia School's "Creatures in the Classroom!" This is Part II to our story from last week. These "creatures" that are lurking in classrooms are not ALIVE, but they do serve an educational purpose.

Mrs. Paxton's kindergarten class began its classroom insect collection on October 19. Students brought in dead insects for their classroom collection. They will soon learn about insects and their habitats.
 
Mrs. Linda Hamilton, the school's Speech Therapist, claims there is a "creature" in her classroom! She says his name is Albert...only he is a stuffed alligator. In addition to decorative purposes, Albert serves therapeutic purposes also. For example, during speech therapy, some of her reluctant speakers sometimes hold Albert and let Albert "say" their speech words. Some of her students in language therapy are working on learning prepositions, so they place Albert in different areas of the room and describe where he is located (e.g., Albert is on the chair. He is under the table).
 
And last but not least, the "creatures" in Mrs. Odom's 4th grade classroom were constructed similar to Frankenstein! These animated and colorful figurines were created by the students. To explain, classmates Skyler Cripps and Beatrice Reyes wrote this about Room 104's Creatures:
The 4th graders invite you to "go see the 'creatures' for yourself!"