Mr. Rott's Classroom: For the Week of December 6

Howdy Partners!

Things are moving along.... hmmm what special events can we do before Christmas break??? I guess you’all will have to keep those eyes open... and one hand on the horn the other on your reins!! MEANING.. You’ll just have to wait and see!

REMEMBER THE BLOOOOOOOG!!!

OLD WEST FACT: Tumble Weeds

This is a phrase used to describe various varieties of bushes that break off when very dry, and roll with the wind.

These thick matted bushes sometimes stick to each other to resemble a giant Tumbleweed, and single Tumbleweeds six or eight feet in diameter, are not uncommon in the Southwest at times. They have been seen in many Western movies, but far from being "quaint" they can be both a nuisance and a fire hazard. Sage brush creates one of the more common kinds of tumbleweed.In the 1935 the Sons of the Pioneers wrote and sang the “Tumbling Tumbleweeds Song... here are the lyrics and the video.

Tumbling Tumbleweeds by Bob Nolan

I'm a roaming cowboy riding all

day long Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song
Nights underneath a prairie moon I ride alone and sing a tune See them tumbling down Pledging their love to the ground Lonely but free I'll be found Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds Cares of the past are behind Nowhere to go but I'll find Just where the trail will wind Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds, I know when night has gone that a new world's born at dawn I'll keep rolling along, Deep in my heart is a song, Here on the range I belong Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds
1st and 6th Period:

This week cowpokes we will be working on changing improper fractions to mixed numbers.. Now if you think about it.. Why are there such things as IMPROPER fractions? And aren’t we already mixed up enough with fractions and now we have mixed up numbers? Huh??? Where is the sense in all this math stuff anyhow? Saddle up!

1st Period BLOG QUESTION: GO to the OLD WEST FACT:
#1) There are 11 letters in the wordTumbleweeds, if 11 is your denominator, draw it out! Then what is the part of the whole - the numerator if we count all the E’s in the word?

#2) Bob Nolan of the Sons of the Pioneers wrote the song Tumbling Tumbleweeds in 1935, how many years ago was that?

#3) How many words are there in the song Tumbling Tumbleweeds if the total number of words is your denominator then what is your numerator IF we count all the words with T’s in them ?

4th Period:
Howdy there ... this week we continue working with decimals... and I have not forgotten our plan to make microwave fudge, maybe this week! We will.. For sure before Christmas Break!

6th & 4th PERIOD BLOG QUESTION:
GO to the OLD WEST FACT:

#1) There are 11 letters in the word Tumbleweeds, if 11 is your denominator, then what is the part of the whole - the numerator if we count all the E’s in the word Tumbleweeds?

#2) Bob Nolan of the Sons of the Pioneers wrote the song Tumbling Tumbleweeds in 1935, how many years ago was that?

#3) How many words are there in the song Tumbling Tumbleweeds if the total number of words is your denominator then what is your numerator IF we count all the words with T’s in them ?

#4) Take the year you were born and the year the song was written and calculate how many years there are between your birthday and the songs birthday.

#5) If a Tumbleweed in the desert was clocked going 5 miles per hour and if that tumble weed continued to travel for 5 hours, how many miles would it have travled?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL FEEL THE SPIRIT!!!
Well looks like its going to be a hard season.. Not a bad season just hard, the guys still look like they are trying to figure out their flow! Now doubt Coach Few will get them in shape.. And we will be at the tournament again! Hard game against Illionois :(

SCHEDULE:

11/5 vs. Southern Oregon W 90-58

11/12 vs. Southern W 117-72

11/16 vs. San Diego State L 79-76

11/22 Kansas State 6:30 pm L 81 - 64 (OUCH!)

11/23 Marquette 4:57 pm W 66-63

11/30 vs. Eastern Washington W 86 - 57

12/4 vs. Illinois L 73 - 61

12/8 at Washington State 8:00 pm

12/11 at Notre Dame 5:30 pm

12/16 vs. Lewis-Clark State 6:00 pm

12/18 vs. Baylor 1:30 pm

12/22 vs. Xavier 8:00 pm

12/29 vs. Lafayette 5:30 pm

12/31 vs. Oklahoma State 7:00 pm

Have a wild and woolly ride this week!