Blog for the week of November 15 - 19

Howdy Partners!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Winter is here! I hope you all had a great weekend, hard to imagine that its almost Thanksgiving... and then its almost Christmas WOW! We take our state math tests in February so .. A lot to prepare for!! :) You cowboys and cowgirls are doing great.. Keep up the fabulous work!


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OLD WEST FACT: Cowboy Boots

Historically horsemen have always needed protective footwear as well as preferring boots with a higher heel. The origin of the cowboy boot that we know today comes from various boot styles including the Wellington boot, which originated from Britain's Duke of Wellington. At the time it was a straight plain leather boot with one-inch heels and straight tops. Cowboys also wore the Hessian boot, which had a V-cut in the front, and some of these had a silk or leather tassel hanging down in the V.

The Coffeyville-style cowboy boots originated in Coffeyville, Kansas around 1870 and were normally black leather with a low Cuban heel. The front of the boot, known as the "graft", was higher than the back and was usually a different color. Texas cowboys were known to have a lone star inlaid in the graft.

Cowboy boots continued to evolve through the late 1800s and the designs were influenced by the European cavalier style of boot, which were characterized by higher heels and better-quality leather.

The toes of cowboy boots were square or rounded and this did not change to pointed until the 1950s.


The straight lines of stitches across the top of the toe of the cowboy boot are called a toe wrinkle. Boot makers in the early 1900s started to add decorative stitching on the toes in addition to the wrinkle and these designs became and have remained to this day the personalized signature of custom-made boots.

1st and 6th Period:
This week cowpokes we continue our work on Fractions.!!!! They are not as bad as they first appear... they will grow on you :) hang in there!


1st & 6th PERIOD BLOG QUESTION:

Go to the Old West Fact of the week #1) how many years has it been since cowboy boots started having pointed toes? #2) If you bought 1 pair of cowboy boots each week for 1 year how many pair of boots would you have?


4th Period:
Howdy there cowpokes...Fractions... lead to decimals :) and that is where we are headed... sohold on tight!!! :) You did great last week!

4th PERIOD BLOG QUESTION:

Go to the Old West Fact of the week #1) how many years has it been since cowboy boots started having pointed toes? #2) If you bought 1 pair of cowboy boots each week for 1 year how many pair of boots would you have? And lastly #3) How many days and hours until your birthday?

 GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

 

FEEL THE SPIRIT!!!

Big game this Tuesday... our Zags take on San Diego.. Should be a great game!

 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