Contractions Categories Chart Let children work in pairs to find additional contractions in reading books. Have children create a contractions chart by listing the contractions they find together with the two words that form the contraction. You might want children to classify the contractions under headings, as shown on the sample chart that follows. On index cards or oaktag strips, write pairs of words and their contractions. Let children use the cards to play Concentration.
Players turn over two cards at a time, trying to match words and contractions.
If a match is made, the player keeps the cards. Have them write the contractions on individual cards. Children can then challenge classmates to identify the two words that make up each contraction. Suggest that children and family members can read news articles or other items of interest to each other, pausing after a contraction. Wright Group Publishing.