Please ask your child,
To tell you who we celebrate in February and why (African American/Black History Month)
To tell you one thing they learned about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
What song is Kindergarten going to sing for our Black History Month assembly? (Lift Every Voice and Sing)
What does the title “Lift Every Voice and Sing” mean? (Every voice should be heard. Why? Voices of people of color were not always heard.)
What does liberty mean? (freedom)
To tell you when to use “ck” or “ke” at the end of a word (use “ck” after a short vowel eg. back, duck; use “ke” after a long vowel eg. lake, bike)
To practice the “ck” and “ke” rule by spelling/writing some words eg. neck, bake, quick, quack, rake, flake
To tell you the rule for using “c” or “k” at the beginning of a word (K takes “i” and “e,” C takes the other three (vowels).
To tell you what the main idea of a story is (The main idea is the most important thing the story is about. It's like the big message or what the whole story is trying to tell us.)
To tell you the purpose of a “How To” book (to teach or show how to do something)
To tell you what their “How to” book is about
To use (write) our latest sight words in a sentence: how, are
To play guess my number with cards (clue: your # is 1 more than 8)
To tell you their rose, bud, and thorn for this week.