Y4 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
This Using Apostrophes for Possession or Contraction lesson covers the prior learning of when not to use an apostrophe before moving onto the main skill of understanding when to use apostrophes for possession or contraction.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
National Curriculum Objective
English Year 4: (4G5.8) Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns
English Year 4: (4G5.8) The grammatical difference between plural and possessive –s
English Year 4: (4G5.8) Apostrophes to mark plural possession [for example, the girl’s name, the girls’ names]
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This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of when not to use an apostrophe before moving onto the main skill of understanding when to use apostrophes for possession or contraction. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.
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This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.
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This is a free scheme of work for Year 4 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the first block in the teaching sequence and includes 4 small steps with guidance for teaching. It is designed to be used in conjunction with your English curriculum and allows you to cover the Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation objectives from the Year 4 National Curriculum.
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This Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of when NOT to use an apostrophe before moving onto the main skill of using an apostrophe for possession or contraction.
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This Year 4 When Should you NOT use an Apostrophe? Game is designed to check pupils' ability to use apostrophes correctly.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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This Year 4 Using Apostrophes Game is designed to check pupils' ability to use apostrophes correctly.
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This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This application task can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the using apostrophes for possession or contraction lesson.
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This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and application questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using apostrophes for possession or contraction.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.