The question asks about the general use of commas in sentences. Among the retrieved TEKS, several address comma usage, but with varying specificity and grade-level complexity. Grade 1 (1.11D) focuses on basic comma use in lists, while Grade 2 (2.11D) expands to series and dates. Grade 3 (3.11D) introduces commas in compound sentences and items in a series, which matches the general skill of using commas in sentences, including distinguishing correct comma placement in more complex sentence structures. Grades 4 and 5 further increase complexity, focusing on compound and complex sentences. Since the question is broad and does not specify advanced structures, Grade 3's expectation (3.11D) best matches the general application of commas in sentences, covering both series and compound sentences. This is a multiple-choice or short-answer type skill, typically on grade level for Grade 3.
TEKS: edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: (i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement; (ii) past, present, and future verb tense; (iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns; (iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms; (v) adverbs that convey time and adverbs that convey manner; (vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vii) pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases; (viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences; (ix) capitalization of official titles of people, holidays, and geographical names and places; (x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions and possessives and commas in compound sentences and items in a series; and (xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
Concepts: commas in compound sentences, commas in a series, punctuation, editing drafts