Contractions... this is one of those skills that shocked me when I became a teacher. I started my career teaching second grade, and I had no idea that some students found contractions to be so challenging. They had always made total sense to me. When I took my ESL endorsement classes, I learned that ELLs often struggle with contractions because English is one of the few languages that use contractions. I was surprised again when I moved into teaching positions involving the upper elementary grades and found that some students still did not understand basic contractions. Furthermore, several students did not understand that some contractions can mean multiple things! ("They'd" can represent "they would" or "they had".)
A week ago, a past third grade teacher colleague of mine emailed me and asked, "What do you have for teaching contractions that's fun?" I knew that I didn't have any resources for contractions, but I had an idea within a minute! Would the image of a child kicking a board apart in taekwondo help students better understand the concept of contractions? I truly thought it would, so I decided to create some contraction printables that I could send to my colleague. One of the things I created was a Concentration game freebie (see below)!
Obviously contractions have been on my mind this past week, so of course I created an anchor chart to share with you!
Have you ever finished an anchor chart and realized that you didn't like the way you worded something? That happened to me this time. I do not like that "Remember" sentence. I wish I would have written "Some contractions can represent multiple things. Read the entire sentence to identify the meaning."
I created some advanced FREE contraction concentration game cards that address this very skill. Please download them if you think your students will benefit from them.
A week ago, a past third grade teacher colleague of mine emailed me and asked, "What do you have for teaching contractions that's fun?" I knew that I didn't have any resources for contractions, but I had an idea within a minute! Would the image of a child kicking a board apart in taekwondo help students better understand the concept of contractions? I truly thought it would, so I decided to create some contraction printables that I could send to my colleague. One of the things I created was a Concentration game freebie (see below)!
Obviously contractions have been on my mind this past week, so of course I created an anchor chart to share with you!
Have you ever finished an anchor chart and realized that you didn't like the way you worded something? That happened to me this time. I do not like that "Remember" sentence. I wish I would have written "Some contractions can represent multiple things. Read the entire sentence to identify the meaning."
I created some advanced FREE contraction concentration game cards that address this very skill. Please download them if you think your students will benefit from them.
If you are looking for additional materials to use with your students, check out my TpT store!
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~Deb
