Mr. Rott's Classroom: Blog for October 4-7

Howdy Partners!

As Mr. Bush would say... I can’t believe it’s already October! WoW!!! So big football weekend... I usually do not sit and watch a whole game but yippie ye ah cowboys and cowgirls... those Ducks... I thought.. Nah they are cooked! Haha get it cooked ducks! Anyhow.. What a great game and it really shows you what NOT giving up can do! A tilt of the cowboy hat to the Ducks!

Keep up the good work with the BLOG... once you get used to doing it, I believe that it will not take as long for you to do!...

OLD WEST FACT: THE COMANCHE HORSE

The horse that survived the Little Big Horn

Comanche (a horse) was known as the sole survivor (the only one left living) from the battle that General George Custer's fought with Indians at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. Comanche was born about 1862, captured in a wild horse roundup, gelded and sold to the U.S. Army Cavalry on April 3, 1868, for $90. He was a bay, just over 900 pounds, stood 15 hands high with a small white star on his forehead and became the favorite mount for Captain Myles Keogh of the 7th Cavalry. Comanche participated in frequent actions of the Regiment and sustained some 12 wounds as a result of these skirmishes.

Two days after the Custer defeat, a burial party investigating the site found the severely wounded horse and transported him by steamer to Fort Lincoln, 950 miles away, where he spent the next year recuperating. Comanche remained with the 7th Cavalry and was never again ridden under orders excusing him from all duties. Most of the time he roamed the Post freely, visiting the flower gardens often. Only at formal regimental functions was he led, draped in black, stirrups and boots reversed, at the head of the Regiment.

When the Cavalry was ordered to Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1888, the elderly horse, still in moderate good health, accompanied them and continued to receive full honors as a symbol of the Little Bighorn tragedy. Finally, on November 7, 1891, about 29 years old, Comanche died of colic.

The officers of the 7th Cavalry, wanting to preserve the horse, asked Lewis Lindsay Dyche of the University of Kansas to mount the remains: skin and major bones. Comanche is currently on display in a humidity controlled glass case at the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Dyche Hall, Lawrence, Kansas.

1st and 6th Period:
This week we will be continuing working on rounding... and decimals... those pesky little things! Along with decimals and rounding... we will be multiplying decimals... and more decimals... !!

1st & 6th PERIOD BLOG QUESTION:
READ THE OLD WEST FACT... it will help you with your answer for this weeks blog question. If Comanche the horse was born 1862 and the Battle of Little Big Horn took place in 1876 how #1) old was Comanche when the battle took place_____? #2) If Comanche ate 2 flakes of hay a day how many flakes of hay did he eat in a week____? #3) And if each week he had 1 bucket of grain how many buckets did Comanche have in a year_____?

4th Period:
This week Cowboys and Cowgirls we will be working figuring out what a fraction is... well we started that already with pizza! YUMMMY FOR MY TUMMY! This is the chance for you to work on your sad face.. Mad face or whatever face you want to call it... huh? Oh you will see! So giddy up!

4th PERIOD BLOG QUESTION:

Make sure you read the Old West Fact for the week.... #1) If Comanche was 29 years old when he died... and if the first horse year = 12 human years, the second horse year = 7 human years and then next three horse years = 4 human and then all remaining years = 2 1/2 human years, how old was Comanche IN HUMAN years when he died at the age of 29________? Now that is a birthday! Ok if you get stuck... look at this link it might help...! http://forum.horsetopia.com/equine-humor/45778-how-old-you-horse-human-years.html

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

Do you feel it? It’s in the air! That’s right our favorite college basketball team starts playing on November 5th vs. Southern Oregon at 6:00 in Spokane! Ahhhhh can’t wait till the season starts!