Imagine you enjoy hip hop music or want to learn about the history of hip hop. You might listen to Run DMC, one of the most famous groups of the 1980s. Let’s listen to a few words from the group’s ...

Many languages shorten words in everyday speech. In English, we shorten a lot of words. One way we do this is with contractions: two words joined with a special mark called an “apostrophe.” The ...

2 sets of jigsaws. One showing compound words with words and pictures and one set showing contractions. Why do you need this? Compound word jigsaws help expand students’ vocabulary by introducing them ...

Baking Up Contractions includes many activities to practice contractions: 8 sorting headers with 36 contraction word cards Baking Up Contractions Game Board with 36 game cards Roll A Word ...

'There'd' and 'they'd' are examples of contractions that are useful to know. Read on to learn more! Contractions involve shortening words and replacing one or more letters with an apostrophe. There ...