Commas in Our Writing
Use commas to separate items in a list
Write sentences with three or more items
Understand how commas help make writing clear
“God said, 'Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with seed in them, on the earth,' and it was so.”
— Genesis 1:11 (WEB)This verse shows a list of things God created, demonstrating how we can use commas to list multiple items
Gather students and review previous day's comma lessons. Show an example of a sentence with and without commas to demonstrate how commas help us understand lists.
Today we'll practice writing lists using commas. When we want to write about more than two things, we use commas to separate each item.
Students will complete a worksheet creating lists about favorite things, Bible characters, and creation items.
Simpler: Pre-draw lines with comma spaces
Challenge: Create lists with more complex items
Share some of the fun lists we created today
Dear Jesus, thank you for helping us learn how to write clearly and beautifully.
Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play a fun comma detective game!
“Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.”
— Psalm 104:24 (WEB)🎯 Activity: Create a list of God's creatures using commas
First graders are learning the basic mechanics of using commas in writing
Remembering to place commas between list items
Consistent comma placement between list items