Commas and Apostrophes

Commas in lists and dates; contractions and possessives.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 58

Commas help a reader take a little pause. In a list, put a comma after each thing, before the last one: I like apples, grapes, and pears.
Commas go in dates and places too: between the day and the year, and between the city and the state.
In a letter, commas go after the greeting and after the closing.
An apostrophe can take the place of missing letters. Do not becomes don't. I am becomes I'm. These are called contractions.
An apostrophe and s also show who owns something: the dog's bone, Ava's kite.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

1.L.GC.1.17 — Use commas to separate items in a series and to format dates, addresses, salutations, and closings. (Introduce)
1.L.GC.1.18 — Use apostrophes to form contractions and singular possessive nouns. (Introduce)