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Objectives Goal Given a paragraph and pencil, students will be able to identify and circle at least 90% of the words that can be combined to create contractions. Given paper and pencil, the students will be able to rewrite the aforementioned paragraph replacing 90% of the words circled with correctly written contractions. Second grade students will be able to recognize words that can be combined to create contractions and correctly combine those words by replacing the medial letters with an apostrophe.

Pre-Test Our class is going on a trip. We can not walk while the bus is going. I am going to take my cd player and listen to music. We will be gone all day and when we get back to school we are going to write about the trip. Press Ctrl-P to turn the cursor into a pen. Press Ctrl-U when you are finished circling.

Pre-Test can not I am we will we’ll we are can’t we’re I’m Match words that can be combined to the contraction they make. can not I am we will we are we’ll can’t we’re I’m Press Ctrl-P to turn the cursor into a pen. Press Ctrl-U when you are finished circling.

are would is have will not Contractions are words that have been created by combining two words. Look for the second word to be one of the following: are would is have will not

They are we will they have I would can not It is they would have not The following are all words that can be combined to make contractions: We are she will we have They are we will they have I would can not It is they would have not He is

Which of these are words that can be combined to make a contraction? I can he is me have

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Which of these are words that can be combined to make a contraction? can not she not I not

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Which of these are words that can be combined to make a contraction? him is they is she is

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To write a contraction you combine two words, remove letters in the middle and put in an apostrophe. we a re

Which of these contractions are written correctly? cann’t the’yve we’ll

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