Apostrophes Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

I made this apostrophes puzzle set for my Grade 3 and 4 students during our writing unit. The kids kept putting apostrophes in plurals like "apple's" and forgetting them in contractions like "dont." So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like possession, contraction, singular possessive, plural possessive, joint possession, it's, its, you're, they're, who's, whose, let's, o'clock, letters, and years. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the two main apostrophe uses finally stick.

The download is six pages. Three puzzles plus an answer key page for each. The word search works well for quiet time after recess. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about the difference between "it's" and "its." The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple apostrophe and arrow pointing to missing letters but nothing too busy.

Works for Grades 3 through 5. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers write a contraction and a possessive using an apostrophe on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.