Picturing Possessives

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Name a variety of phrases that demonstrate singular possessives from around the school. For example, use common objects from around the school like “Mrs. Murphy’s bulletin board” or “Mr. Martin’s door.”
• Create a list of examples on chart paper for students to reference, color-coding the apostrophe in each example.

Guided Practice

• Divide students into pairs.
• Ask students to identify items around the classroom that can be used to write possessives.
• Give students a few minutes to search the room, write their responses in their journals or on paper, and share with the class.

Independent working time

• Ask students to complete the worksheet Posh Possessives.
• Circulate around the room and assist students in rewriting sentences, as needed.