Possessives: One and Many

The dog's bowl, the dogs' bowls, the children's books, the women's team; telling possessives from plurals and contractions.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 26

Welcome to the Grammar Gearworks! Every word has a job, and when the gears fit, a sentence runs smoothly. Let's start with possessives: words that show who owns something.
One owner? Add apostrophe s. The dog's bowl belongs to one dog.
More than one owner, and the plural ends in s? Add just an apostrophe after the s. The dogs' bowls belong to two or more dogs.
Some plurals don't end in s, like children, women, and mice. Add apostrophe s: the children's books, the women's team.
Don't mix them up with plurals, which don't own anything, or with contractions. It's means it is. Its, with no apostrophe, is a possessive: the bird fed its babies.
Your turn! Sort these: one owner or more than one?

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

4.L.GC.1.37 — Mechanics: Use apostrophes to form plural possessive nouns. (Master)