Whose Is It? Possessive Apostrophe 's

Student Task

• Collect a few things from children (a pencil, a hat). Hold one up: "This is Mia's pencil." Write it and circle the 's.
• Teach the question "Whose is this?", then do activities 1 and 2 together.
• Children complete activities 3 to 6; answers are in the answer key.

Classroom Use

• Lost and found: put children's items in a box; a child takes one and asks "Whose is this?" and the class answers.
• Family pets: children draw a pet for a family member and write "This is Grandma's cat."
• Name tag hunt: put name cards on desks; children walk around and say "This is Leo's desk."

Differentiation

Support: use children's own names and real objects, and give the sentence frame "This is ____'s ____." Challenge: write sentences about animals and family members, such as "The bird's nest is in the tree."

Answer Key & Assessment

Activities 1 to 5 check reading and writing the possessive 's (answer key included). Listen to each child answer "Whose is this?" in the lost-and-found game.

Learning Objectives

• Use 's to show who something belongs to (Ana's bag).
• Ask and answer "Whose is this?" with "It's …'s."
• Write simple phrases and sentences with the possessive 's.

Teacher Tips

Show the apostrophe as a small flying comma. Point out that the 's goes right after the owner, not after the thing: Tom's hat, not Tom hat's.

What's Included

• 7-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
• Key vocabulary list (4 words with meanings and examples)
• Student worksheet (6 activities)
• Editable Word version of the worksheet
• Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

• Editable Worksheet (DOCX)
• Answer Key (PDF)

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