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Corn Night on the Porch

Jada's family shucks corn on the porch. Students sort contractions and possessives, write contractions and add 's to show who owns something.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.2.2.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students tell whether an apostrophe makes a contraction or shows who owns something.
Students write contractions such as I'm, didn't and they're.
Students form possessives by adding 's to a name or noun.

How to use

Read the story together and hunt for every apostrophe. Talk about the two jobs an apostrophe does before students sort, write and choose on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.2.c

Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.

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Corn Night on the Porch

Use apostrophes in contractions and in words that show who owns something.

Read the story

An apostrophe (') has two jobs. In a contraction, it takes the place of missing letters: do not → don't. In a possessive, 's shows who owns something: Mom's hat.

Corn Night on the Porch

1Every summer Jada's family shucks fresh corn on the back porch. To shuck corn, you pull off the green leaves, called husks. Then you pick off the soft threads inside, called silk.

2Grandpa Leon set a big basket of corn on the steps. "Let's get to work," he said. Jada's little brother Omar grabbed the first ear. He pulled and pulled, but the husk wouldn't come off.

3Mom showed him a trick. "Don't pull from the side," she said. "Grab the top and pull down hard." Soon Omar's ear of corn was bare and yellow.

4Jada's job was to pick off the silk. It stuck to her fingers. "I can't get it all!" she said with a laugh. Grandpa's old brush wasn't big, but it swept the last threads away.

5The dog's nose twitched at the pile of husks. "Those aren't for you, Biscuit," Mom said. At dinner the corn was sweet and juicy. "We'll do this again next week," said Grandpa.

Read each group of words from the story. Is the word with an apostrophe a contraction, or does it show who owns something? Sort them.

the husk wouldn't come offGrandpa's old brushthe dog's nose twitchedI can't get it all!Those aren't for youOmar's ear of corn