Commas with the names of places

Learning Objectives Identify a city and a state in a sentence. Correctly place a comma between a city and a state. Correctly place a comma between a city and a country. Write their own city and state using a comma. Spot missing commas in place names. Have you ever written a letter to a friend? 💌 Where do they live? Today, we will learn about a special punctuation mark. It is called a comma! Commas help us write places clearly. Real-World Applications Writing your address on an envelope ✉️ Telling someone where you went on vacation ✈️ Reading a map to find a new place 🗺️ Describing where a storybook character lives 🏰

TermDefinitionExample Comma (,)A comma is a little mark that tells you to pause. It looks like a small hook. It separates words in a list or in a place name.I have a cat, a dog, and a fish. Place NameA place name tells us where something is located. It can be a city, state, or country. 📍My school is in a place called Springfield. CityA city is a big town with many buildings and people. 🏙️New York City is a very big city. StateA state is a part of a country. The United States has 50 states! 🇺🇸California is a state with beaches. CountryA country is a large area of land with its own government. 🌎We live in the country of the United States.

The City, State Rule City, State When you write a city and a state together, always put a comma after the city. This separates the two parts of the place name. The City, Country Rule City, Country When you write a city and a country together, put a comma after the city. This works just like the City, State rule!