Building our writing skills — a quick comma break

What is your favorite day? Mine is April 10, 2015. On April 10th, I always eat cake, chocolates, and frosting: it's my birthday! In this video, students are introduced to commas. When we write the date, we have to use a comma. Also, we use commas when we write lists of things, like cake, chocolate, and frosting. What is the date today? Can you write it with a comma?

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.J

Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.A

Capitalize dates and names of people.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.C

Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.

Building our writing skills — a quick comma break

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