Have students practice making and breaking apart contraction with this set of self checking cards. There are two sets of contraction cards. One set shows the words (it is) on the top and the contraction (it’s) hidden inside. The second set is reversed, with the contraction on the outside and the words are hidden. There is a recording sheet for each set.

Students will look at the words or contraction on the front of the card. Then, they will write the words or contraction on the recording sheet in the first column. They will then write the corresponding contraction or words in the second column. Finally, the student will open the card to see if they answered the second column correctly. They then fill in YES or NO in the third column to indicate whether their answer was right or wrong in the second column. They fix the second column if they were incorrect.