Form pronoun-verb contractions

Learning Objectives Identify a pronoun and a verb in a simple pair of words. Explain that a contraction combines two words into one. Form contractions for pronouns with the verb 'is' (e.g., he's, she's, it's). Form contractions for pronouns with the verb 'are' (e.g., you're, we're, they're). Form contractions for pronouns with the verb 'will' (e.g., I'll, you'll, he'll). Correctly place an apostrophe to show where letters are missing. Use pronoun-verb contractions in a simple sentence. Do you want to learn a secret way to write words faster? 🤫 Let's learn to squish words together! We will learn how to take a pronoun and a verb and make one short word. This is called a contraction. It makes ou...

TermDefinitionExample PronounA small word that takes the place of a noun. 🧍Instead of 'Sam', we can say 'he'. 'He' is a pronoun. VerbAn action word or a word that tells what something is. 🏃‍♀️In 'She is happy', the word 'is' is a verb. ContractionOne short word made by squishing two words together. 🤏When we squish 'you' and 'are', we get 'you're'. ApostropheA little mark (') that takes the place of missing letters. ✨In 'he's', the apostrophe takes the place of the letter 'i'. Pronoun-Verb PairA pronoun and a verb that are best friends and often go together.'I am', 'he is', and 'we are' are pronoun-verb pairs.

The 'is' Rule Pronoun + is = Pronoun's Take out the 'i' from 'is'. Put an apostrophe (') in its place. Then, squish the words together. The 'are' Rule Pronoun + are = Pronoun're Take out the 'a' from 'are'. Put an apostrophe (') in its place. Then, squish them together. The 'will' Rule Pronoun + will = Pronoun'll Take out the 'w' and 'i' from 'will'. Put an apostrophe (') there. Then, squish them together.