Summary
“Contractions!” is a Scratch Garden song-and-animation that teaches contractions — two words squished into one with an apostrophe. A short, catchy video — easy to drop into a grammar lesson, a warm-up, or a transition.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A contraction joins two words into one and uses an apostrophe to show where letters were left out — like 'do not' becoming 'don't.'
- What two words make up the contraction in this song?
- What does the apostrophe stand for in a contraction?
- When might you use a contraction instead of the two full words?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: contraction, apostrophe, combine, missing letters, shorten.
Try it: Write five contractions and the two words that make each one (for example: can't = can not).