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There are different uses for apostrophe S ('s). It is used in indicating possession - example: This pen is May's. Or it can be used in speeches to combine two words - example: "What's (what is) in this box?".
Most of the children will have seen apostrophe S with or without the knowledge of the appropriate use in different sentence structure. Perhaps using this activity may help to promote awareness of the existence of apostrophe S in different forms and the original form of the word.
Using cards, write down the pair of words containing a word showing apostrophe S and the other showing the original word. Randomly give each of the pupils a card containing the word and they have to go around the class to find their matching partner. After they have found their partner, they will have to come up with a simple sentence each to illustrate the use of the words that their cards show.
For example:
John - John's
what - what's
Alice - Alice's
Special cases (have to decide whether your class is ready for list below) :
*you - yours / *you - you're
he - his / he - he's
she - hers / she - she's
*it - its / *it - it's
we - ours / we - we're
*People tend to get these mixed up for their usages in sentences.
Personally, I tried this method for Mathematics in my class for equivalent fractions and it was fun! Hope that you can have fun teaching apostrophe S in your class too :)
Most of the children will have seen apostrophe S with or without the knowledge of the appropriate use in different sentence structure. Perhaps using this activity may help to promote awareness of the existence of apostrophe S in different forms and the original form of the word.
Using cards, write down the pair of words containing a word showing apostrophe S and the other showing the original word. Randomly give each of the pupils a card containing the word and they have to go around the class to find their matching partner. After they have found their partner, they will have to come up with a simple sentence each to illustrate the use of the words that their cards show.
For example:
John - John's
what - what's
Alice - Alice's
Special cases (have to decide whether your class is ready for list below) :
*you - yours / *you - you're
he - his / he - he's
she - hers / she - she's
*it - its / *it - it's
we - ours / we - we're
*People tend to get these mixed up for their usages in sentences.
Personally, I tried this method for Mathematics in my class for equivalent fractions and it was fun! Hope that you can have fun teaching apostrophe S in your class too :)
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