English // Phonics & Word Reading
Reading Contractions
Read and understand contractions with apostrophes, knowing the apostrophe represents omitted letters
Quick check
Does the learner understand that 'can't' means 'cannot' and 'it's' means 'it is' — knowing the apostrophe stands for the missing letter or letters?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
- Read common contractions in text (e.g. 'I'm', 'we'll', 'don't')
- Match contractions to their expanded forms (e.g. 'I'm' = 'I am')
- Explain that the apostrophe shows where letters are missing
Topic // Map
Where this fits
What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
1 topic- Blending Sounds to Read WordsRequired
Phonics & Word Reading // Ages 4 to 7
Need blending to read contractions
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Reading Contractions
Ages 5 to 6 // Method
Leads to
1 topic- Spelling Contracted FormsRequired
Spelling & Word Study // Ages 6 to 7
Spelling contractions builds on reading contractions
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
- The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document
- Eng_Y1_RWR_07
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