English Zone
English Zone: Contraction Quizzes
This collection of contraction quizzes allows students to respond and then view the correct answer.
Courseware Solutions
Got Kids Games: Contractions Hockey Game
Focus students understanding of contractions with this interactive language arts skill-building site. Students' type the contraction of two words for points.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Apostrophe Contractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use the apostrophe to create contractions (e.g. don't, can't)
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Building Contractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart uses snowmen to help students build contractions.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Contractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to introduce students to contractions. It provides interactive practice using contractions.
Quia
Quia: Contractions
A short game student can play to learn contractions using "Matching", "Flashcards", or "Concentration".
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Muscle Contraction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how muscles contract according to the sliding filament theory.
abcteach
Abcteach: Crossword: Contractions [Pdf]
[Free Registration/Login Required] Solve a crossword puzzle by typing the two words that make up each contraction clue. Click the check button to see if the answers are correct.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Muscle Contraction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find out how the sliding filament theory explains the way muscles contract.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Expansion and Contraction of Materials
Lesson demonstrates how materials expand and contract with heat.
Quia
Quia: Contractions (Word Search Game)
An interactive game in which students must "find" the contractions embedded in a word search. Contractions may be found horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forwards or backwards.
Quia
Quia: Contractions (Concentration Game)
A similar interactive game for students dealing with contractions. Students must use their memory to find which contractions match with one another. Game includes graphics, motion, and scoring.
Quia
Quia: Practicing Contractions With Trinh and Tai
Play a memory match game by clicking on the two cards that show a contraction and the words that are used to make that contraction.
Quia
Quia: Contractions
Match the contraction with the two words used to create it. Answers and a chart showing the contractions are available if needed.
Quia
Quia: Contractions
Students can click through seventeen flashcards. They see two words on the front of the card and try to guess the correct contraction on the back of the card. If they get the contraction right, students can remove the card from the deck....
Other
Uc Riverside: Can You See Lorentz Fitzgerald Contraction
A discussion from the University of California of the "reality" of the L-R contraction, approached by a device called the Penrose-Terrell Rotation. Interesting physics; takes plenty of concentration.
English Zone
English zone.com: Contractions Practice #1 to Be Verb
Students type eight contractions made for the pronouns and "be" verbs provided. Then they can check their answers to see how many are correct.
English Zone
English zone.com: Contractions Practice #2
Students type eight contractions that are formed by combining a helping verb with the adverb "not." When finished, students can check their work to see how many answers are correct.
Quia
Quia: Contractions
An eight-card matching game where students match cards with two words to the cards containing their contractions. Answers are available if needed.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
U of Ottawa Hyper Grammar: Punctuation
Writing center tutorial for how to correctly use various types of punctuation, including the apostrophe in contractions, possessives, and pronouns.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Fitzgerald Lorentz Contraction
This page is plenty fascinating and detailed. Done by a space scientist at the University of Colorado, it provides neat animations and not enough text. Explore particularly the Space-Time Wheel.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Abc Order, Contractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart practices ABC order and contractions. It is self-checking so students can do it independently. There is a link at the end to a website with a Fly By Contractions game!
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Contractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will give students practice in manipulating words to create contractions.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Contractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will understand the use of the apostrophe in creating contractions (couldn't, we'll, I'd).
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