Possessive nouns: 3rd to 5th reading & writing
Possessive nouns: an apostrophe and s to show who owns something. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: possessive nouns: an apostrophe and s to show who owns something.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about possessive nouns?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: possessive nouns.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Play: Flashcards: Punctuation marks (https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-punctuation-rules)
- Play: Whose is it? (https://peabody.kids/words/c3-possessives)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about possessive nouns, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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