Contractions

Grade K · Day 72 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 36 · p.49 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 8 words

isn't

can't

hasn't

let's

didn't

peg's

jill's

it's

◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.

Read the sentences

Is Bill sad?
Is this Peg's dog?
Is it Jill's dog?
Has Peg a cat?
Can they run?
Did Jill run?
Let's not jog.

Write what you hear

isn't

can't

hasn't

let's

didn't

Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.