Tauser Math

Friday, November 11, 2016

Which Calendar Do you Prefer?

At the moment, the Houston ISD is seeking input from people about the 2017-18 school calendar. It's cool to see the district listening to the people on this issue that affects so many. It also gave my math students a great chance to learn about being a member of a community. We talked about how being a community member sometimes means voicing your opinion about situations.

To highlight this, we took a vote in class after discussing the calendar options. Here are the results of our poll:

Option A- 16 students
Option B- 38 students
Option C(no preference)- 3 students

It will be interesting to see how the calendar looks when it is finalized.

Sunday, October 30, 2016

A Trick or Treat Surprise

Happy Halloween, students.

If you can follow the clues below and find Mr. Tauser on Halloween night, you will receive a homework pass. This homework pass will only be good this week.

#1 Mr. Tauser’s house is less than 3 miles from Stevens

#2 Mr. Tauser’s house is less than one mile from Scarborough High School

#3 Mr. Tauser’s house is on a straight street

#4 Mr. Tauser’s front yard has a Magnolia tree in it

#5 Mr. Tauser’s driveway has no cars in it.

#6 Mr. Tauser’s house has 2 windows facing the street.

#7 There are purple flowers in a flower box in front of Mr. Tauser’s house

#8 Mr. Tauser’s house is west of Antoine Drive

#9 Mr. Tauser’s family has a pet turtle

#10 Mr. Tauser’s address has a “6” in the ONES PLACE.

Friday, October 21, 2016

Mr. T Goes to Phydeaux's House of Flowers

Today in math class, we took another trip to Minecraft. This time, we were joined by Phydeaux the Math Pig. After the trip, students had a chance to assist Phydeaux by using some of their multiplication skills.

This trip was made possible by Mineday, which is scheduled for Saturday, October 29 at Oak Forest Library. Mineday is being organized by my 8th grade son as a community service project for school. You can read all the details about the event at this link.