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Creating Contractions Part 1

Learn about contractions! Give your students practice shortening phrases into contractions and expanding contractions into phrases. They’ll learn where to place the apostrophe and start integrating these words into their own writing.

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Third Grade Fourth Grade

Subject

Reading & Writing

Punctuation
- Apostrophes
  - Apostrophes in Contractions

Standards

L.4.2, L.3.2

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English Language Arts and Reading

Grade 2
- 2.11.D.x
Grade 3
- 3.11.D.x

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English

Grade Two
- W.2.11.e
- W.2.11.f
Grade Three
- W.3.9.h

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English Language Arts

Grade 3
- 4.2.C.3

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English

Key Stage 2 Year 4
- 3.2.B.5

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Guided Lesson: Sentences 1

Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities that guide learners through different concepts and skills. They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.

Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.

Second grade writers often need extra support with the rules of capitalization, puncuation, apostrophes, and proper nouns. The exercises in this guided lesson cover these four key grammar rules, and provide kids with targeted exercises to help them practice writing with correct grammar usage. To help gain even more practice with new writing skills, download and print the capitalization and punctuation worksheets suggested as part of this lesson.

Second grade writers often need extra support with the rules of capitalization, puncuation, apostrophes, and proper nouns.

This lesson includes printable activities: Download all (5)

Song: Action Contraction

Game: Sentence Builder: Proper Nouns

Game: Apostrophe Drop

Story: The Thanksgiving Turkey

Game: The Thanksgiving Turkey Quiz

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Creating Contractions Part 1

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