Make learning contractions fun and engaging with this comprehensive resource designed for 1st to 3rd graders! Featuring 17 interactive reading passages, worksheets, an anchor chart / poster, this resource helps students master contractions in context. Through engaging stories, comprehension activities, and writing practice, students will confidently recognize, read, and use contractions in their writing. Perfect for guided reading, literacy centers, explicit instruction, and homework!
The engaging stories range from adventurous to quirky, each uniquely highlighting a specific contraction such as I'm, you're, she's, he's and more!
Key Features:
- 17 Engaging Stories: Each story focuses on a different contraction, providing a real-world application that helps students understand its use in a sentence context.
- Revision Passage: A story including 28 contractions in total. Engage your students and see if they can find them all! Follow up activity included.
- Reading and Inquiry Approach: Students find and count the occurrences of the highlighted contraction in each passage, promoting active learning and inquiry skills.
- Worksheets: Following each story, students answer comprehension questions that test their understanding of the text and the contraction.
- Anchor Chart: Display poster with common contractions to put up in your classroom and use as a reference.
- Writing Practice: Students put their learning into action by creating their own sentences using the contraction, reinforcing their understanding and application of the concept.
- Complete Package: This resource serves as a comprehensive tool for teaching contractions, combining reading, writing, comprehension, and practical application activities.
- Flexible Usage: This resource can be utilized for guided reading, literacy centers, homework, or as an integral part of your language arts curriculum.
Included contractions:
- I’m
- You’re
- He’s / she’s
- It’s
- We’re
- They’re
- Isn’t
- Aren’t
- Wasn’t
- I’ll
- Don’t / doesn’t / didn’t
- Can’t couldn’t
- Won’t / wouldn’t
- I’ve
- They’ve
PLUS REVISION PASSAGE - 28 contractions included!
Ensure your students can effortlessly navigate the world of contractions with our Contractions Mastery Resource. Simplifying the complex, making learning fun and effective - that's our promise to you.