Contractions and Possessives Worksheets and Apostrophe Sorting Activity

Do your students get confused between contractions and possessive nouns? Do you ever find apostrophes in random words like "bake's"? I created these two worksheets and apostrophe roundup craftivity to help some of my third-grade students understand the uses of apostrophes and when NOT to use apostrophes! The finished products make a unique bulletin board or fun school hallway display! It can also be used as a novel entry in an interactive notebook!

Students begin this activity by completing two worksheets. Part 1 of the worksheet includes practice items similar to this:

1. The ____ tail is long and brown. (horse's; horses)
2. The ____ ran across the field. (horse's; horses)

Students must determine which version of the word correctly fills in the blank for each sentence. Then, they must determine whether the word with the apostrophe is used as a contraction or as a possessive noun in the sentence.

For part 2, students read a sentence and determine whether the underlined word is being used as a contraction or as a possessive noun.

For part 3, students are given two words. They write the contraction that can be formed when those two words are joined.

Once the worksheet is completed and corrected, students begin assembling the craftivity.

Student-friendly directions are included so that you can place the directions under your document camera, and students can refer to them as they complete the project. (An answer key is also included.)

Check out the PREVIEW!

Here's what teachers like you had to say about using this apostrophe sorting activity with their students:

⭐️ Little Red Parker said, "This one really challenged my kids having to pay attention to the word itself."

⭐️ Rebecca Z. said, "This resource was a great help while trying to teach when to use an apostrophe and why. My students enjoyed the activities and I was able to use it as a formative assessment to see where we were lacking."

⭐️ Gricel M. said, "This package helped my students better understand possessives. They loved the cowboys!"

⭐️ Robert F. said, "My students absolutely loved this activity. It was the perfect wrap-up to possessives."

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