Four pages of contractions. On one page children write the contraction for two words: do not, don't. On one page they go the other way and write the two words for a contraction. On two pages a sentence has two words underlined, and children write the contraction for them: I am six years old becomes I'm.
Show that the apostrophe stands for the letters that were taken out: write do not, cross out the o, and put the apostrophe in its place. Read each sentence both ways, with the two words and with the contraction.
Listen for contractions in everyday talk and say what they stand for: can't is can not, we'll is we will.
Contraction pages with the words children use most: do not, don't; I am, I'm; let us, let's. Children write the contraction for two words, turn contractions back into two words and write contractions in sentences.
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