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Grade 3 Reading & Writing · World 4: Word Job Junction · Level 29
Contractions and Possessives
Can't, they're, we'll; the dog's bone; and telling it's from its.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 29
- An apostrophe has two jobs. Job one: in a contraction, it takes the place of missing letters. Do not becomes don't.
- I am becomes I'm. They are becomes they're. Will not becomes won't, which is a little tricky!
- Job two: an apostrophe and s show that something belongs to someone. The bone that belongs to the dog is the dog's bone.
- Watch out for its and it's! It's means it is. Its, with no apostrophe, means belongs to it: the dog wagged its tail.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 3.L.GC.1.18 — Mechanics: Use apostrophes to form contractions and singular possessive nouns. (Master)