Teaching Contractions Made Easy with Google Slides

A contraction is a shortened form of two words with an apostrophe taking the place of the omitted letter(s), e.g. do not = don’t. Once students learn where to put the apostrophe, contractions are a breeze! That’s where this resource comes in. It is the perfect writing activity to use again and again with your students to help them get the hang of it. They’ll love it!

This interactive activity makes teaching contractions exciting for students! With a drag-and-drop interface, students will build contractions from their base words. Further activities have students combine base words with building contractions and finding contractions in context. This rainbow-themed interactive is perfect for teaching contractions to your year three students.

Through this activity, students will show their ability to make, use, and spell contractions.

Teaching Contractions to Multi-Age Students

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your English lessons. 

In addition to individual student work time, use this Contractions lesson to enhance learning through guided writing groups or whole class lessons, 

If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners, check out these suggestions for keeping students on track with the concepts: 

🆘 Support Struggling Students

Support struggling students by referring them to a contractions anchor chart, poster, or printed resource to help them combine words to make contractions.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

Challenge fast finishers to continue their learning using one of our exciting interactive resources!

Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the interactive/editable PowerPoint or Google Slides version of this resource. 

 This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a Teach Starter Collaborator.