1. How Animals Grow
Grammar

2. Possessive Nouns The dog bowl is empty. Teacher hair is cool. dog’s
A possessive noun shows who or what owns or has something.
Add an apostrophe and –s to a singular noun to make it possessive.
The dog bowl is empty.
dog’s
Teacher hair is cool.
Teacher’s

3. Practice Time!

4. Let’s Practice: Correct the sentence.
Joe backpack is full of English books.
The duck babies are very cute.
Fred best friend is Sam.
The rabbit eyes are black.
Mr. Wooley cat is named Baxter.
Joe’s
duck’s
Fred’s
rabbit’s
Mr. Wooley’s

5. The students classroom is big.
Possessive Nouns
Add an apostrophe to most plural nouns to make them possessive.
The animals barn is red.
animals’
The students classroom is big.
students’

6. The children trip was fun.
Possessive Nouns
You can add an apostrophe an –s to plural nouns that DO NOT have –s at the end.
The children trip was fun.
children’s

7. Let’s Practice: Correct the sentence.
I found many ________ pencils in the room.
student’s
students’

8. Let’s Practice: Correct the sentence.
The _______ faces were dirty.
dog’s
dogs’

9. Let’s Practice: Correct the sentence.
Five _______ toys are in the car.
children’s
childrens’

10. Let’s Practice: Correct the sentence.
_______ cup is full of coffee.
Teachers’
Teacher’s

11. Let’s Practice: Correct the sentence.
The _______ houses are smelly .
animal’s
animals’

12. Plural Possessive Nouns
Add an apostrophe and –s to a singular noun to make it possessive.
dog
dog’s
Add an apostrophe to most plural nouns to make them possessive.
animals
animals’

13. Possesive Nouns children mice children’s mice’s
You can add an apostrophe an –s to plural nouns that DO NOT have –s at the end.
children
children’s
mice
mice’s

14. dog ’s
animals ’

15. Now do this. First, write down the incorrect sentences
Now do this. First, write down the incorrect sentences. Next, circle the mistakes. Then, underline the nouns. Last, write the correct sentence again..
Thursday, December 10th, 2015
The puppy tail wagged when I snuggled it.
The children giggled at the teacher drawing.
Chelsea bird fluttered around the cage.
Everyone peered at the students pictures on the walls.
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