Pim's Comma Mail — Commas in Greetings & Closings (Grade 2)

About this activity

Pim the carrier pigeon delivers letters, and a letter needs its commas in exactly the right spot, so children read three ways to write a greeting like 'Dear Sam' or a closing like 'Your friend,' and tap the one punctuated correctly. It's a free, interactive Grade 2 grammar activity that runs right in the browser with no account.

The big idea is that the comma goes at the END of the greeting and the END of the closing — after the name, not before it. The three choices are built around the common mistakes: the correct form ('Dear Sam,'), a version with no comma at all ('Dear Sam'), and a version with the comma in the wrong place ('Dear, Sam'). The child has to know where the comma belongs, not just notice that a comma is somewhere on the card.

It is aligned to Common Core L.2.2.b — using commas in the greeting and closing of a letter. No timer, no score — just calm, playful practice.

What's inside this activity

• Designed for Grade 2 learners (ages about 7–8)
• Common Core strand: Language
• Aligned to Common Core standard L.2.2.b

How to play

Read the three ways to write the greeting or closing Pim is delivering.

Tap the one with its comma in the right place — at the end, after the name.

Not quite? Try again — there is no timer and no score.

What your child practices

• Place a comma at the end of a letter's greeting, like Dear Grandma,
• Place a comma at the end of a letter's closing, like Your pal,
• Spot a greeting or closing with a missing comma or a misplaced one
• Build the letter-writing punctuation habits of Grade 2 writing

Learning goals

Use commas correctly in the greeting and closing of a letter — the focus of Common Core L.2.2.b

Understand that the comma comes at the end of the greeting and closing, not before the name

Build the punctuation skills that letter and note writing depend on