THE HALLOWEEN DANCE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!
Thank you to all families that attended. We hope it was a spooky good time! Several individuals played a role in making sure the event went off without a hitch: Carol and Noah Pelon, Carly Semerjian, Michelle and Dru Freedman, Karen Hite, Siobhan Wheeler, Nora Zizlsperger, Holly Georgiadis, Tere Carmona, Jazmin and Ernesto Sr Brau, Debbie Ruiz, Patty Tully, Miriam Alandydy, Jenn Rogan and Lucy Poria. Thank you for all you do for Lincoln-Eliot!

COOLER WEATHER IS COMING AND OUR LOST AND FOUND IS GROWING!
With the cooler weather, children will be coming to school with jackets, hats and gloves. PLEASE mark ALL outerwear with names so we can return them. It is also helpful to label lunch boxes. The lost and found is located in a  barrel outside of the gym.  AS A REMINDER: The online portion of the Meadow farms fundraiser is open until December 14. A nice way to take care of holiday shopping!

Highlights from Classrooms – Spotlight on Grade 5!
Reading & Writing Workshops: In reading, we have reviewed comprehension strategies (connections, asking questions, inferences, sensory images)
while teaching students the reading routines we use over the course of the year. In writing, we
have been studying the art of creating personal narratives. From generating stories that really
matter to new elaboration techniques, we have been working with students to hone their craft.

Math: We are currently working on multiplication with whole numbers and decimals. Students will use what they’ve learned to find the area of rectangles and other polygons that can be split into rectangles. In addition, students will use the skills to solve multistep word problems that focus on conversions (i.e. feet to inches, pounds to ounces, meters to centimeters.)

Science: During our pond life session, students learned about differences between lakes and ponds, pond habitats, life in a drop of pond water, microorganisms, food chains and webs, and the complicated ecosystems of New England ponds. Social Studies: In our current unit, students reviewed basic map skills. We then researched and compared how the environment in differing geographical locations affected the way native peoples in the Arctic (Inuit), on the Plains (Sioux) and in the islands (Taino) lived long ago.