1. Possessive
Nouns

2. Example: The paintbrush that belonged to the artist was lost.
Words that show ownership are called possessive nouns.
A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed to say that an item or idea belongs to someone else.
Example: The paintbrush that belonged to the artist was lost.
The artist’s paintbrush was lost.

3. Noun Possessive Pam Pam’s cat cat the cat’s tail Sam Sam’s knee
Possessive nouns are used to show that someone owns something.
An apostrophe (') is used to show the ownership.

4. Rule
To show the possessive of singular nouns add 's.
Examples: 
Fluffy Fluffy’s tail
Sally Sally’s recipe
the man the man’s hat
the teacher the teacher’s pencil

5. The possessive form can also show an feature or characteristic.
Examples: 
river river’s edge
train train’s wheels
sun sun’s heat

6. Activities
Activity 2 (Singular Possessives)
Singular Possessive Nouns

7. Possessive Nouns Rules 1-2
To show possession of singular nouns add 's.  
To show possession of plural nouns ending in s add an apostrophe ('). Examples: runners => runners' shoes
cows => cows' meal
trees => trees' apples  

8. Possessive Nouns Rule 3
To show possession of plural nouns NOT ending in s add an apostrophe and a s (‘s).
teeth => teeth’s fillings
children => children’s food

9. Plural Possessives
If the plural ends in s just add an apostrophe. If the plural does not end in s add an apostrophe and an s.
1 person 1 item
2 people 2 items
the boy’s jacket
the boys’ jackets
my parent’s car
my parents’ cars
my boss’s hat
my bosses’ hats
the woman’s dress
the women’s dresses
the child’s toy
the children’s toys
the passerby’s glance
the passersby’s glances

10. the kid’s bike (I kid, 1 bike)
the kids’ bike (2 kids, 1 bike)
the kids’ bikes (2 kids, 2 bikes)

11. Activities
Possessive Noun Play (Two Player Tic Tac Toe)
Possessive Nouns (Type in the possessive word)
Quiz
Exploring for Possessives

12. Activities
Possessives (Slideshow with activities)
Skill Builder (Type in the possessive word)
Grammar Gold Quiz

13. SmartBoard Activity
Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns.notebook

14. United Streaming
Students learn about nouns, as well as the history, language, and culture of ancient Egypt when they follow the fast-paced adventures of a "pentastic" foursome to Egypt after a stopover at Graceland. Seemingly ordinary writing implements named Florentina, Arturo, Buzz, and Penny come to life and try to stop a smelly Dark Marker from taking over the world by solving clues based on good grammar.

15. Brain Pop