Contractions Worksheet Freebie

Introduce or review many different contractions with this contractions worksheet. Contractions are created when two words are made into one word. The missing letters are replaced with an apostrophe. Since most contractions follow the same pattern of letter elimination, these worksheets help students to get a lot of practice writing and breaking apart contractions.

What is Included:

• There is 1 worksheet template for students to record the words they find.

How to Use:

Students will look through printed material and cut out examples of different contractions. They will glue the contractions to their paper, then write the two words that make up each contraction.

The hands on nature of this activity will keep students engaged in learning and practicing writing contractions. Students will enjoy practicing contractions in this nontraditional way instead of completing ordinary worksheets.

When to Use:

• Independent Practice - The teacher may give this worksheet to students to complete independently as a classroom assignment.

• Emergency Sub Plans - The no prep nature of this worksheet allows teachers to leave these for subs to assign to students with ease.

• Homework - This worksheet is a great activity to send home with students to practice working on contractions with their parents.

• Small Group Activities - Students may choose to pull aside a small group of students who need extra practice working with contractions to use this worksheet.

This contractions worksheet is no prep. It can simply be printed and given to students to complete. The teacher just needs to provide the printed materials, the scissors, and the glue for students to complete this activity.

An alternative way to use these worksheets is to provide contraction word cards to students, or sentence cards to students. Students will choose a word, or find the word in the sentence and record it on their worksheet.