Black History Month

All February long, we have been celebrating the famous African Americans who have made a change in our history. February is known as Black History Month. It is 28 days where we acknowledge all of the African American people who have changed the world to make it a better place. There are parades, speeches, and televison specials which shows people the struggles that African Americans went through. Black History month started in 1915 after slavery was abolished. Back then, it was known as Negro week. It offically became Black History Month in 1976 when Gerald Ford, President of the United States, said that people should "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout history."

                                     


            Some famous African Americans are: 
                      - Martin Luther King Jr.                 -Sojourner Truth
                      - Rosa Parks                                   - Fredrick Douglas
                      - Harriet Tubman                           - Louis Armstrong
                      -Jackie Robinson                           - Barak Obama
                  
Vocabulary 

Change: to make something different

Acknowledge: to know something is there   

struggle: to have a hard time with

abolished: to get rid of

accomplishments: to do something you wanted to do

Seize:  To take 

Fill in the Blank 

1. Please ______________ the text message I sent to you.

2. Maria _______________ with her math homework.

3. Abraham Lincoln __________________slavery during his presidency. 

4. The British ________________ land from the Native Americans. 
5. When I get math questions wrong, I _______________ the answers. 
6. Graduating with honors is one of my greatest _____________________.

Grammar Point:

Comma: a punctuation mark which shows a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to break up thousands places in numbers. 

              ex: Remember to feed your rabbit, fish, and hamster. 

Comma Practice!
Place the comma in the correct location in the sentence. 

1. Remember when you go to the supermarket to pick up eggs milk bread and cereal. 
2. Sometimes I go to dance after school
3. After school please make sure you do your homework, walk the dog and take out the trash. 
4. Briana Kris Dana and Bridgette are going to the pumpkin festival this weekend.