Virginia SOL 2.LU.1.H
The Standard
Use contractions and singular possessives.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Grammar
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students combine two words to form common contractions and place the apostrophe where letters are missing. They add apostrophe-s to show that one person, animal, place, or thing owns something.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student correctly writes forms such as can't, I'm, and she'll, and can name the two words each replaces. The student writes phrases such as the dog's leash and explains who owns the item.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may put the apostrophe between the wrong letters, write cant, or confuse they're with their. They may use a plural form such as dogs for ownership, or add an apostrophe to every word ending in s.
How to Assess It
- Give students four items: change do not and she is into contractions, then show ownership in collar of the dog and backpack of Maya. Ask them to circle each apostrophe and label it missing letters or ownership.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs word cards and apostrophe tiles to build contractions, then use picture cards to build singular possessive phrases.
Ask, "How does the apostrophe work differently in Mia's book and Mia's reading?" Students write and explain both examples.
Play Apostrophe Sort: students sort sentence cards into contraction, singular possessive, or incorrect, then repair every incorrect sentence.
Students write a lost-and-found note using one contraction and one singular possessive, such as I can't find Ava's glove.
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Related Standards
- 1.LU.1.C
Use personal and possessive pronouns to represent nouns.
- 4.LU.2.C
Use apostrophes to form contractions and to show possession in writing.
- 6.LU.1.B
Use pronoun-antecedent agreement, including indefinite and reflexive pronouns when speaking and writing.
- 3.LU.2.B
Use apostrophes to form contractions and frequently occurring possessions in writing.
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