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LEARNING OBJECITVEPlace commas in a
series
What do you already know??
Cities Tracy, CaliforniaSeattle Washington
Dates October 6, 2009December 25 2009
Concept
Commas are used to separate items in a list of THREE or more things
Candy, ice cream, and cookies
The final comma is placed before the conjunction: and, or, but I like to eat pizza, salad, and pasta.
Examples
I like to read mysteries, fairytales, and poems in class.
My favorite candy to eat is snickers, skittles, and starburst.
My cat has eyes a nose and a tail. For recess today I played on the swings
with the tetherball and basketball.
Why It’s Important!!!
Help us to become better writers because we will know where commas need to go.
Help us to be better readers because we know where to pause.
We will see comma questions on the CST’s.
Skill- How to place commas
1. Read the sentence 2. Find the list of items Insert commas between the items
Model
I had juice toast and bacon for breakfast.
I had juice, toast, and bacon for breakfast.
We stayed with grandma on Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday nights.
We stayed with grandma on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.
Practice
I saw a zebra giraffe and lion at the zoo
I saw a zebra, giraffe, and lion at the zoo.
Practice
What do you like on your pizza cheese pepperoni mushrooms or olives?
What do you like on your pizza cheese, pepperoni, mushrooms, or olives?
Closure
What was the objective of today’s lesson?
In this sentence how do we place commas within it? We are going to do math science and reading
in class today. Why is it important to learn about
commas in a sentence?