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Construction Contraction Cards

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Construction Contraction Cards

These construction themed contraction cards are a great way for young children to learn a variety of contractions. These are really colourful flashcards which will provide your child with lots of fun.

Construction Contraction Cards

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What are Contractions?

Contractions are ‘short cut’ words that are used in our speech. As they are so commonly used, children need to learn to read and write using them. These contraction printables are one way that can be used to support children in learning this concept.

An easy way to introduce contractions, is to define the word ‘contract.’ “Contract’ means to get smaller or shorter, so therefore, a contraction is a shorter or smaller way to say two words. The apostrophe in the word takes the place of the missing letters.

Construction Contraction Cards two colour cards

Construction Contraction Cards

In this printable pack, there are 78 different contractions for children to learn. There are two cards for each contraction – one with the two words and one with the contraction.

Construction Contraction Cards three colour pages

The contractions in this pack include:

  • aren’t, can’t, couldn’t, didn’t, I’m, don’t, hasn’t, hadn’t, isn’t, wasn’t, shouldn’t, weren’t, wouldn’t, doesn’t, haven’t, mightn’t, mustn’t, shan’t, won’t
  • you’re, we’re, they’re, what’re, who’re
  • I’d, you’d, we’d, he’d, she’d, they’d, I’d, you’d, we’d, he’d, she’d, who’d
  • I’ll, you’ll, we’ll, they’ll, he’ll, she’ll, who’ll,  what’ll
  • I’ve, you’ve, we’ve, they’ve, could’ve, would’ve, should’ve, what’ve, what’ve, who’ve
  • what’s, he’s, she’s, who’s, where’s, here’s, that’s, there’s, let’s

Preparing the Cards 

To prepare these cards, print off the pages of the pdf file on white paper or white cardstock.

There are eight cards per letter page, which will need to be cut apart. I prefer to laminate the cards for durability.

The cards can be kept together in a zip lock bag or with a binder ring in the top left hand corner.

Using the Cards

These printable contraction cards can be used in multiple ways:

  • Use to match the words with their contraction
  • Use in memory games
  • In conjunction with worksheets where the child writes the words and their corresponding contractions
  • In a busy bag
  • In a file folder game

In this printable pdf file, you will receive both the colour and a black and white version of the cards.

Construction Contraction Cards three black and white pages

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