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The Weekly
VO LU M E X V I I I , N U M B E R 15 A weekly publication of The Post Oak School
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J A N UA RY 18 , 2 013 Available online at www.postoakschool.org
T H E WAY by John Long, Head of School
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he way that children learn shapes who they become.
I visited an Upper Elementary classroom today. Six children were clustered around their teacher who was presenting a lesson in adding and subtracting decimal numbers. The students were manipulating pieces on the decimal board and practicing reading large decimal numbers. The rest of the children were working in pairs or individually at tables around the room. Two were drawing a chart of the sun and planets. We had a conversation about the relative sizes and distances in the solar system and the impossibility of representing that accurately on a single piece of paper. Two others were counting the number of syllables in a list of words. I showed them how clapping out the syllables makes it easier for me. continued on page 2