South Dakota ELA 1.L.2.d
The Standard
- 1.L.2
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Use commas in dates.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students write dates with the month, day, and year. They put a comma after the day when the year follows.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can write “November 7, 2026” from a calendar without help. They can find and fix a misplaced comma in a date.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students put the comma after the month, as in “November, 7 2026.” Others leave it out or use a period instead.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to write today’s date with the month, day, and year. Have them circle the comma.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs month, day, year, and comma cards; have them arrange the cards to show a date correctly.
Write “April 12, 2026” and “April, 12 2026” on the board; ask students which is correct and why.
Play date detective: show five dates with missing or misplaced commas, and have students fix them on mini whiteboards.
Have students write a date on a pretend birthday invitation, then check that the comma follows the day.
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Related Standards
- 2.L.2.c
Use commas in greetings and closings of letters. Use commas to separate single words in a series. Use commas in compound sentences.
- 5.L.2.a
Use commas to separate phrases and clauses in a series.
- 3.L.2.c
Use commas in greetings and closings of letters, in addresses, to separate single words in a series and in compound sentences.
- 7.L.2.b
Use commas and semicolons appropriately in compound and complex sentence structure.
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