Contraction Action Activity Packet

Contraction cards pairing forms like don't and do not, won't and will not, and they've and they have feed four activities: matching, sentence building, sentence substitution and a memory game.
Grades
Grades 1–3
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Updated Sep 20, 2026

Subject
Spelling, Language Development, ELA
Topic
Contractions, Sentence Building
Resource types
Activities
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About this resource

This resource is a Contraction Action Activity Packet.

There are 4 different activities included to give students the exciting review and reinforcement they need.

You may choose to do these in small groups or centres or let students work independently.

In order to make this activity self checking place stickers on the backs before laminating and cutting. You can either cut them in half, or cut them into thirds to increase the rigour of this activity.

Included:

  • - Matching contractions

  • - Sentence building

  • - Sentence substitution

  • - Memory game

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Match a contraction to the two words it stands for

  • Use contractions in sentences

Teaching tips

  • A sticker on the back of each card before laminating lets students check their own matches.

Skills covered

  • Memory recall — finding contraction and expanded-form pairs in a memory game

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