Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Blog for week of February 22 - 25
Howdy Partners!
Welcome to a new week, a short week. I had great time talking with your parents and those of you cowboys and cowgirls who came out for parent conferences. The weather forcast is for
Snowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww this Wednesday and Thursday and I just saw perhaps even Friday.... that would make it a really short week! Hmmmm I figure we have a lot of math to get done so lets hope for NO snow!!! ... ok maybe 1 day!
OLD WEST FACT: Cowboys have to eat!
Here's a look at frontier cowboy recipes and trailside cooking. Did you know that a ranch's cook shack was a private realm ruled over by a cantankerous master cook? He was a permanent member of the outfit and wielded even more power than the itinerant cooks who filled in on western cattle roundups and on the trail. He slept in the cook shack rather than in the bunkhouse, and he made certain the hands showed proper respect - which he sometimes enforced with the broad end of a skillet. The cowboy cook's authority lay in the fact that he provided one of the single most important elements, along with sleep, that a cowboy both cherished and needed. And the food had better have been top notch, otherwise, top hands wouldn't work for such a place.
When Cookie was finished with his work for the day and before hitting the sack, he would always place the tongue of the chuck wagon facing north. When the trail master started in the morning he would look at the tongue and then knew what direction he would be moving the herd.
Chuckwagon Etiquette
-No one eats until Cookie calls
-When Cookie calls, everyone comes a runnin'
-Hungry cowboys wait for no man. They fill their plates, fill their bellies, and then move on so stragglers can fill their plates
-Cowboys eat first, talk later.
-It's okay to eat with your fingers. The food is clean
-If you're refilling the coffee cup and someone yells "Man at the pot."
-You're obliged to serve refills.
-Don't take the last serving unless your sure you're the last man.
-Food left on the plate is an insult to the cook.
-No running or saddling a horse near the wagon. And when you ride off, always ride down wind from the wagon.
-If you come across any decent firewood, bring it back to the wagon
-Strangers are always welcome at the wagon.
These are real recipes from the Old West
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1 red or green bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 (16 ounce) can baked beans
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup tomato ketchup
1/4 cup Heinz 57® sauce
1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
In large skillet, cook the ground beef, onion and bell pepper over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes or until beef is no longer pink. Break up the beef into 1-inch crumbles and pour off the drippings. Now season the beef mix with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Stir in the beans, ketchup, Heinz Sauce, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Camp Cook Names: Soggy, Pot Russler, lean Skillet, Old Pud, Coosie, Old lady, Belly Cheater, Biscuit Roller, Doubh Boxer, Dough Puncher, Greasy Belly, Grub Worm, Gut Robber, Sourdough.
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 2:15 pm L 73-61
12/8 at Washington State L 81 - 59
12/11 at Notre Dame L 83-79
12/16 vs. Lewis-Clark State W 103 - 61
12/18 vs. #9 Baylor W 68- 64
12/22 vs. Xavier W 64- 54
12/29 vs. Lafayette W 83-55
12/31 vs. Oklahoma State W 73 - 63
1-2 vs Wake forest W 73 - 63
1-8 University of Portland W 74 - 61
1-13 vs. Perperdine W 92 - 75
1-15 vs. Loyola Marymount W 79 - 59
1-20 Santa Clara L 75-81
1-22 San Francisco L 91-96
1-27 vs St. Marys L 73- 71
1-29 vs San Diego W 86 - 53
2-3 U of Portland W 67 - 64
2-5 #22 vs Memphis L 62-58
2-10 Loyola Marymount W 67 -57
2-12 Pepperdine W 63 - 44
2-17 vs Santa Clara W 85 - 76
2-19 vs San Francisco W 70 - 53
2-24 St. Marys
2-26 San Diego
2-28 vs Cal State Bakersfield
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!
Snowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww this Wednesday and Thursday and I just saw perhaps even Friday.... that would make it a really short week! Hmmmm I figure we have a lot of math to get done so lets hope for NO snow!!! ... ok maybe 1 day!
OLD WEST FACT: Cowboys have to eat!
Here's a look at frontier cowboy recipes and trailside cooking. Did you know that a ranch's cook shack was a private realm ruled over by a cantankerous master cook? He was a permanent member of the outfit and wielded even more power than the itinerant cooks who filled in on western cattle roundups and on the trail. He slept in the cook shack rather than in the bunkhouse, and he made certain the hands showed proper respect - which he sometimes enforced with the broad end of a skillet. The cowboy cook's authority lay in the fact that he provided one of the single most important elements, along with sleep, that a cowboy both cherished and needed. And the food had better have been top notch, otherwise, top hands wouldn't work for such a place.
-No one eats until Cookie calls
-When Cookie calls, everyone comes a runnin'
-Hungry cowboys wait for no man. They fill their plates, fill their bellies, and then move on so stragglers can fill their plates
-Cowboys eat first, talk later.
-It's okay to eat with your fingers. The food is clean
-If you're refilling the coffee cup and someone yells "Man at the pot."
-You're obliged to serve refills.
-Don't take the last serving unless your sure you're the last man.
-Food left on the plate is an insult to the cook.
-No running or saddling a horse near the wagon. And when you ride off, always ride down wind from the wagon.
-If you come across any decent firewood, bring it back to the wagon
-Strangers are always welcome at the wagon.
These are real recipes from the Old West
BBQ Ribs:
5 pounds pork spareribs
1 cup water
1/3 cup butter or margarine
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup dry mustard
1/4 cup dry mustard
1/4 cup chili powder
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons salt
Beffy Beans:
1 medium onion, chopped
1 red or green bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 (16 ounce) can baked beans
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup tomato ketchup
1/4 cup Heinz 57® sauce
1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
In large skillet, cook the ground beef, onion and bell pepper over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes or until beef is no longer pink. Break up the beef into 1-inch crumbles and pour off the drippings. Now season the beef mix with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Stir in the beans, ketchup, Heinz Sauce, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Camp Cook Names: Soggy, Pot Russler, lean Skillet, Old Pud, Coosie, Old lady, Belly Cheater, Biscuit Roller, Doubh Boxer, Dough Puncher, Greasy Belly, Grub Worm, Gut Robber, Sourdough.
1st Period: Howdy partners! This week we will be working on those pesky fractions, they are as bothersome as a horse fly! But as we mosey on along, we will be converting fractions to decimals and back again! Oh and we have other exciting things planned! It will be a great week.
1st Period Blog questions: Please read over the Old West Fact for the week. #1) How many Camp Cook Names were there___________ #2) How many letters are there in all of the Camp Cook Names_____ and out of all of those letters how many were Gs’____, what would the fraction look like for the number of Gs out of the total number of letters___? #3) In the recipe Beefy Beans, if we added twice as much Beef how much beef would that be____? 4th and 6th Period: Hey there Cowboys and Cowgirls! Ye Ha! Ok so no time to waste!! We have lots and lots of math to cover before the end of the year, I would hate to keep you from your summer cattle drive because you had to stay and learn more math! So pull that hat down and lets get to work! This week ... we will finish our heart project, I hope you have all collected your data. We are also going shopping.. Yep... even Cowboys and Cowgirls have to shop! We will be working on percent of a number... we will see who the sharpest shopper really is!
4th & 6th Period Blog questions: Please read over the Old West Fact for the week. #1) How many Camp Cook Names are there___________ #2) How many letters were there in all of the Camp Cook Names_____ and out of all of those letters how many were Gs’____, what would the fraction look like for the number of Gs out of the total number of letters___? #3) In the recipe Beefy Beans, if we added twice as much Beef how much beef would that be____? #4) Increase the recipie for BBQ Ribs by 5 times... and what would that new and improved recipie look like? #5) Increase that recipie by 2 and what do you get?
GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
FEEL THE SPIRIT!!!
Well... Here we go... ESPN is saying that the Zags are in the dance (College Basketball Championship), but this Thursday, they have a HUGE game against St. Marys, at St. Marys... they really need to win that game. If they win they will continue their streak of 10 West Coast Championships alive! Talk about excitement... doesn’t get much better than this!
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 2:15 pm L 73-61
12/8 at Washington State L 81 - 59
12/11 at Notre Dame L 83-79
12/16 vs. Lewis-Clark State W 103 - 61
12/18 vs. #9 Baylor W 68- 64
12/22 vs. Xavier W 64- 54
12/29 vs. Lafayette W 83-55
12/31 vs. Oklahoma State W 73 - 63
1-2 vs Wake forest W 73 - 63
1-8 University of Portland W 74 - 61
1-13 vs. Perperdine W 92 - 75
1-15 vs. Loyola Marymount W 79 - 59
1-20 Santa Clara L 75-81
1-22 San Francisco L 91-96
1-27 vs St. Marys L 73- 71
1-29 vs San Diego W 86 - 53
2-3 U of Portland W 67 - 64
2-5 #22 vs Memphis L 62-58
2-10 Loyola Marymount W 67 -57
2-12 Pepperdine W 63 - 44
2-17 vs Santa Clara W 85 - 76
2-19 vs San Francisco W 70 - 53
2-24 St. Marys
2-26 San Diego
2-28 vs Cal State Bakersfield
As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!
Mr. Rott
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Mr. Rott's Room Blog for the week of February 7 - 11
Howdy Partners!
Well cowpokes, ye all did a rootin tootin bang up job on that old State Math Test. It was a rough and tumble time.. Just like steer wrestilin! I know that some of you felt you should have scored higher but remeber its just like ridin the bull, there is always next time! I’m thinking around April or first of May we will be taking the test again and by then you will have improved and I am sure all of you will do better!
OLD WEST FACT: Black Cowboys
In honor of Black History Month, I thought we would look at the impact of Black Cowboys on the old west! Black cowboys have been part of Texas history since the early nineteenth century, when they first worked on ranches throughout the state. A good many of the first black cowboys were born into slavery but later found a better life on the open range, where they experienced less open discrimination than in the city. After the Civil War many were employed as horsebreakers and for other tasks, but few of them became ranch foremen or managers. Some black cowboys took up careers as rodeo performers or were hired as federal peace officers in Indian Territory. Others ultimately owned their own farms and ranches, while a few who followed the lure of the Wild West became gunfighters and outlaws. Significant numbers of African Americans went on the great cattle drives originating in the Southwest in the late 1800s. Black cowboys predominated in ranching sections of the Coastal Plain between the Sabine and Guadalupe rivers.
Of the estimated 35,000 cowboys that worked the ranches and rode the trails, between five and nine thousand, (lets say there were 7,000 Black Cowboys) or more was said to have been Black. They participated in almost all of the drives northward, and was assigned to every job except that of trail boss. One historian noted that there had been a few cattle drives where the entire crews were black except for the trail boss.
Bill Pickett was born in 1870 (he died in 1932) to poor Black Cherokees. He left school after the fifth grade to live outdoors and pursue his love of animals. He grew up to be five-foot-seven and weighed only 145 pounds, but his muscles were strong and he glided through the air with incredible finesse. He perfected his riding and roping skills, but Bill Pickett is most famous for his invention of Bulldogging. Bill Pickett, after observing a bulldog take down a steer by biting onto its lip, perfected his technique, which involved jumping from a horse onto a steer and wrestling it down to the ground by biting down the beast’s lip. The bulldogging event became one of the most popular at Rodeo shows. In 1907, Pickett took a contract with the famous 101 Ranch. He worked with Will Rogers and Tom Mix and performed in Rodeo shows all over the world.
1st Period Blog questions: #1) Please read over the Old West Fact for the week. #2) How many estimated (guessing) number of cowboys were working the ranches and riding the trails________? #3) Of those how many did I say were Black Cowboys________? #4) Then of the 35,000 cowboys how many were black__________? #5) Bill Picket was born in 1870 if he was given $5.00 a year for every year he had been alive how much money would he have collected during his life time_____?
4th and 6th Period: This week we will have a quick refresher on fractions and decimals and then head right back into converting fractions to decimals - decimals to fractions and then heading towards percent! We also will be taking our district problem solving test most likely on Thursday. Then Thursday we will be having a Chinese New Years Celebration to start the Chinese New Year and also celebrate finishing the State and District Math tests!
4th & 6th Period Blog questions: #1) Please read over the Old West Fact for the week. #2) How many estimated (guessing) number of cowboys were working the ranches and riding the trails________? #3) Of those how many did I say were Black Cowboys________? #4) Then of the 35,000 cowboys how many were black__________? #5) Bill Picket was born in 1870 if he was given $5.00 a year for every year he had been alive how much money would he have collected during his life time_____? #6) What would the fraction look like for the number of black cowboys out of the total number of cowboys who rode the range and worked the ranches______? #7) If the average steer weighs 525 pounds and the average Steer Wrestler weighs 265 pounds - what’s the difference between the weight of the steer and the wrestler____? #8) During Steer Wrestling if you leave the chute early you earn a 10 second penalty. If Roy Rogers had a total time of 3:55 for his first attempt, and 2:45 for his second and left the chute to early for both attempts what was his TOTAL time for both attempts_______?
GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
FEEL THE SPIRIT!!!
Well... we had Memphis beat... the boys just could NOT make their shots go in! I have to tell you that Stockton kid, he may look small and lacking muscle but NO one on the team energizes the floor like he does. On top of that he is an excellent passer, id say very close to Matt Bouldin... wait till he is a senior wow... will Stockton be all that or what!
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 2:15 pm L 73-61
12/8 at Washington State L 81 - 59
12/11 at Notre Dame L 83-79
12/16 vs. Lewis-Clark State W 103 - 61
12/18 vs. #9 Baylor W 68- 64
12/22 vs. Xavier W 64- 54
12/29 vs. Lafayette W 83-55
12/31 vs. Oklahoma State W 73 - 63
1-2 vs Wake forest W 73 - 63
1-8 University of Portland W 74 - 61
1-13 vs. Perperdine W 92 - 75
1-15 vs. Loyola Marymount W 79 - 59
1-20 Santa Clara L 75-81
1-22 San Francisco L 91-96
1-27 vs St. Marys L 73- 71
1-29 vs San Diego W 86 - 53
2-3 U of Portland W 67 - 64
2-5 #22 vs Memphis L 62-58
2-10 Loyola Marymount
2-12 Pepperdine
2-17 vs Santa Clara
2-19 vs San Francisco
2-24 St. Marys
2-26 San Diego
2-28 vs Cal State Bakersfield
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!
Well cowpokes, ye all did a rootin tootin bang up job on that old State Math Test. It was a rough and tumble time.. Just like steer wrestilin! I know that some of you felt you should have scored higher but remeber its just like ridin the bull, there is always next time! I’m thinking around April or first of May we will be taking the test again and by then you will have improved and I am sure all of you will do better!
OLD WEST FACT: Black Cowboys
In honor of Black History Month, I thought we would look at the impact of Black Cowboys on the old west! Black cowboys have been part of Texas history since the early nineteenth century, when they first worked on ranches throughout the state. A good many of the first black cowboys were born into slavery but later found a better life on the open range, where they experienced less open discrimination than in the city. After the Civil War many were employed as horsebreakers and for other tasks, but few of them became ranch foremen or managers. Some black cowboys took up careers as rodeo performers or were hired as federal peace officers in Indian Territory. Others ultimately owned their own farms and ranches, while a few who followed the lure of the Wild West became gunfighters and outlaws. Significant numbers of African Americans went on the great cattle drives originating in the Southwest in the late 1800s. Black cowboys predominated in ranching sections of the Coastal Plain between the Sabine and Guadalupe rivers.
1st Period: This week we will take a quick refresher with another look at fractions. We also will be taking our district problem solving test most likely on Thursday. Then Thursday we will be having a Chinese New Years Celebration to start the Chinese New Year and also celebrate finishing the State and District Math tests!
GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
FEEL THE SPIRIT!!!
Well... we had Memphis beat... the boys just could NOT make their shots go in! I have to tell you that Stockton kid, he may look small and lacking muscle but NO one on the team energizes the floor like he does. On top of that he is an excellent passer, id say very close to Matt Bouldin... wait till he is a senior wow... will Stockton be all that or what!
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 2:15 pm L 73-61
12/8 at Washington State L 81 - 59
12/11 at Notre Dame L 83-79
12/16 vs. Lewis-Clark State W 103 - 61
12/18 vs. #9 Baylor W 68- 64
12/22 vs. Xavier W 64- 54
12/29 vs. Lafayette W 83-55
12/31 vs. Oklahoma State W 73 - 63
1-2 vs Wake forest W 73 - 63
1-8 University of Portland W 74 - 61
1-13 vs. Perperdine W 92 - 75
1-15 vs. Loyola Marymount W 79 - 59
1-20 Santa Clara L 75-81
1-22 San Francisco L 91-96
1-27 vs St. Marys L 73- 71
1-29 vs San Diego W 86 - 53
2-3 U of Portland W 67 - 64
2-5 #22 vs Memphis L 62-58
2-10 Loyola Marymount
2-12 Pepperdine
2-17 vs Santa Clara
2-19 vs San Francisco
2-24 St. Marys
2-26 San Diego
2-28 vs Cal State Bakersfield
As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!Mr. Rott
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