Blog for the week of September 27 - October 1st

Howdy Partners!

Just think we are moving along faster than a cattle drive from Texas to Kansas! Get along little doggies.... we are a movin and groovin!

Most of you did great on getting your blog answers in by Thursday... don’t forget the question is usually up by the middle of Sunday.. .or even sometimes Saturday.... again if you get stuck on what to do go to the right side of the blog and read the instructions... remember to click the word comment to send your answers and DO NOT FORGET TO PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR ANSWER...

OLD WEST FACT: THE COW DRIVE

 Each spring from 1866 - 1885, Texas longhorns were driven to railheads in Kansas or farther north to stock the open ranges. It took about a dozen cowboys to drive - move 2,000 head of cattle. Herd size ranged from around 1,000 head in the early years to 3,000 - 4,000 later on. For their labors, cowboys earned between $25 and $40 a month, plus their food. Most cowboys were young men, in their late teens or early twenties, and single. One 19th-century definition of a "cowboy" was "anybody with guts and a horse." They needed to be strong to survive the harsh conditions of trail life. On the trail, every cowboy would have from five to 10 horses. Sometimes owned by the ranch, his string of horses was ridden on a rotating basis to allow the others to rest and eat grass along the way.

1st and 6th Period:

This week we will be focusing on how to find the GCF... you know the Greatest Common Factor! 1st period has yet to make their friendship bracelets so that will happen Monday ... anyone make millions on Ebay yet? Also, we are starting to round numbers.. Getting ready for a big round up.. Hahahahah get it rounding numbers... oh man I crack myself UP!

1st & 6th Period BLOG QUESTION:

READ THE OLD WEST FACT... it will help you with your answer for this weeks blog question. For every 1,000 Texas Longhorns on a cattle drive there were a dozen cowboys riding on the cattle drive... #1) how many cowboys would there be for a cattle drive of 4,000 Texas Longhorns____? #2) If a cowboy made $30.00 a month for working on the cattle drive... and they were gone for usually 4 months..  How much did a cowboy earn_____?

4th Period:

This week Cowboys and Cowgirls we will be working on how to find the GCF... we did not really get into that much last week so we will wrap that up.. And we will also be, since we did not talk about it last week .. Talking about how many how many pair of shoes are to many pairs of shoes? So giddy up!


4th Period BLOG QUESTION:
Make sure you read the Old West Fact for the week.... #1) If on a cattle drive there were 35 cowboys.... how many cows would be on the drive______? #2) And with the 35 cowboys... how much money would the Rancher have to pay for the 35 cowboys to do the cattle drive, if they made the least amount per month_____? #3) And lastly, with all those cowboys... how many horses would there be for all of the cowboys____?

Have a wild and woolly ride this week! As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!

Mr. Rott