Blog for the week of October 18 through the 22

Howdy Partners!

 What a beautiful weekend! Hopefully your fully rested ready to get to it! We have a lot to get to and as John Wayne used to say... "We are burnin daylight!" So pull down that hat, tighten your spurs cause we are off to work today!
REMEMBER THE BLOOOOOOOG!!!

OLD WEST FACT: Branding Cows
Branding of livestock was a common practice to indicate ownership. It meant burning a mark on livestock using a hot iron.  Most cows were branded on the left hip. Rustlers (cattle thieves) who were good at altering brands after stealing the cows were known as "brand artists".

In the American West, a branding iron consisted of an iron rod with a seal-like mark which ranchers heated in a fire. After the branding iron turned red-hot, the rancher pressed the seal-like marker against the hide of the cow.

The unique mark meant that the cow could then graze freely among other cattle on the free-range of the American West. Cowboys could then separate the cattle at round-up time for driving to market. These customs of the American West evolved from the practices of the vaqueros (a Spanish term for "cowboy")..

1st and 6th Period:
This week we will continue working on decimal multiplying and dividing.. Of course we will continue working on place values and rounding of decimals. Remember... decimals are portions of numbers where as whole numbers are the WHOLE ENCHILADA!

1st & 6th PERIOD BLOG QUESTION:
READ THE OLD WEST FACT... it will help you with your answer for this week’s blog question. #1) If you were a rancher in the old west and had 678 cattle and 356 had already been branded how many more would you need to brand___? #2) If it takes 15 minutes to brand a cow and you were planning on branding 15 cows in one day how long would you expect to be branding___? #3) Look at the pictures of brands... If you were to create a brand that resembled your name, what would it look like_________?

4th Period:
Howdy there cowpokes... this week on the big ranch we will continue our steer wrestling with mixed numbers along with subtracting and dividing fractions...sounds like rootin tootin fun time!

4th PERIOD BLOG QUESTION:
Make sure you read the Old West Fact for the week.... #1) You have 2 different brands and you are going to brand 1,000 cows and with two brands on each cow. How many total branding marks will you leave on your 1,000 cows___? #2) In the old west it cost 0.15 to brand a cow, if you had 245 cows how much would it cost to brand all of your cattle___? #3) Look at the pictures of brands... If you were to create a brand that resembled your name, what would it look like_________?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

FEEL THE SPIRIT!!! Soon our favorite team will be hitting the floor!

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