Possessive Apostrophes: panda

3 - Whiteboard Challenges

Whiteboard Challenges

Challenge 1

Read the first sentence. One of the apostrophes in this sentence is wrong. Rewrite the sentence showing which apostrophe is in the correct place. Now see if you can improve the sentence with some words from the Word Wall.

Challenge 2

Read the second sentence. There is an apostrophe missing. Rewrite this sentence with the apostrophe in the correct place.

Challenge 3

Write your own scintillating sentence that includes an apostrophe to show that something belongs to either a single or group of pandas. Try to include some of the descriptive words from the Word Wall. Think carefully about where the apostrophe should go in your sentence.

Whiteboard Challenges

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1)  The panda cub was hiding beneath its mother’s paw’s.

2) At the sight of a pandas head, blood rushes into our brains.

Word Wall

panda's (one) pandas' (more than one) bamboo shoots protective cute timid adorable black and white fur silhouette eye patches big, baby-sized head caring instinct wide paws