What is an apostraphe?

What are apostraphes?

•  an apostrphe can show possesion
•  they can make contractions such as it's
•  they can also show possesion of more than one person

apostraphes showing possesion of one person

•  That is Mike's guitar and stereo.
•  The cat is Molly's pet.
•  That is my mom's friend.
•  Where's Sallie's plate?

contractions combined with an apostraphe

•  Where's= where is
•  can't= can not
•  here's= here is
•  let's= let us

apostrophes showing more than one persons possesion

•  That is the boys' soccer ball.
•  That is the girls' room.
•  The phone is the parents'.
•  Where is the boys' bedroom.

What have you learned?

•  what is an apostrophe?
•  how do we use apostrophes?
•  name one sentence with an apostrophe and where it belongs.