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Grade 2 Reading & Writing · World 7: Word Workshop · Level 57
Contractions
Can't, it's, we'll, I'm.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 57
- A contraction squeezes two words into one. An apostrophe takes the place of the missing letters.
- Is not becomes isn't: the o is gone, and the apostrophe sits in its spot. I am becomes I'm.
- We will becomes we'll. They are becomes they're. Will not is tricky: it becomes won't!
- Careful! It's with an apostrophe means it is. Its with no apostrophe means belongs to it: the dog wagged its tail.
- Your turn! Spell the contraction for can not. Use the apostrophe tile.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 2.L.GC.1.18 — Use apostrophes to form contractions and singular possessive nouns.