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Apostrophes - possession Lesson Plan

Apostrophes - possession Lesson Plan

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Apostrophes - possession

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Students examine the use of apostrophes. From a given reading, students locate all words with apostrophes. Using these words as examples, students discuss rules for using apostrophes. Students match a person an an object from a list to create possessive apostrophes.

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apostrophes, punctuation

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