Lesson video

Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr Moss, I love spelling and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you for today's lesson you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains.

As well as that, something to write with and write on and someone to talk to would be great.

Let's get on with today's lesson then.

In today's lesson we're going to be spelling words with the apostrophe for singular possession.

The outcome is I can spell words using the apostrophe for singular possession.

Here are the keywords for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Apostrophe.

Apostrophe.

Make sure I can hear you saying these back to me.

Possession.

Possession.

An apostrophe is a punctuation mark that can be used to show contraction or possession.

In contraction, the apostrophe is used to replace the omitted letters.

In possession it signifies that an item belongs to someone and that's what that word possession is.

That's that owning of something, that's an item that is owned by someone or something, it denotes belonging to.

Keep an eye and an ear out for these words in today's learning because they're going to come up a number of times because we are looking at using apostrophes to show possession.

Here's the outline for today's learning.

We are going to be spelling words with the apostrophe for singular possession.

So we're gonna look, first of all, at using this apostrophe for possession and then we're going to spell some words using the apostrophe for possession.

Let's get on with looking at this apostrophe for possession then.

Let's read these phrases.

Jun's doll.

Laura's book.

Sam's dog.

Alex's pencils.

Sofia's ball.

Aisha's toys.

Andeep's shoe.

What do you notice about all of these words here, all of these phrases, sorry? Do you see a particular piece of punctuation used? I've noticed something, in particular I've noticed an apostrophe being used.

Pause the video, see what you can spot.

Okay then.

I've noticed that they all contain an apostrophe.

And remember, an apostrophe is that punctuation mark that can be used to denote contraction or possession.

In this instance I don't see contraction, I don't see an expanded form of two words here that have been squeezed together and then had omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe.

It's being used here for possession, to show that these items belong to these nouns, belong to these children, these people.

Notice how there's also a capital letter because all of the names here are proper nouns so they need to be capitalised.

So all of these phrases include an apostrophe.

An apostrophe can be used for two purposes remember.

It can be used to show contraction, for instance, the words I am becomes I'm.

It can also be used to show that something belongs to someone, this is called possession.

So we have apostrophe for contraction, I like to clap to contract, and apostrophe for possession, showing that that's belonging to someone.

So we have contraction, possession.

Do that for me, contraction, possession.

And today we're thinking about the use of these apostrophes for possession, to show that something belongs to someone else.

Possession means to own something.

A singular noun can possess another noun or nouns.

Singular possession means there is only one person, that word single, singular, means one thing or one person, or thing owning something else.

An apostrophe S is added to the first noun to show belonging, it shows that the other noun belongs to that noun.

We use an apostrophe S to show this.

So a bag belonging to Mum.

Bag here is the item that's going to be possessed, Mum here is the noun, the owner of that bag.

So we would say Mum's bag, apostrophe there for possession.

Mum's bag.

Notice how the apostrophe comes before the S.

So we've taken here our owner, our proper noun Mum, and then we have our other noun that she owns, the bag, and we've added apostrophe S after Mum as a suffix there to show ownership.

A bike belonging to the girl.

Bike is the item that she owns, possesses, girl is our noun, she's the owner.

The girl's bike.

Notice there, girl, apostrophe S, girl's for possession, bike, that's the item that belongs to her.

The toys belonging to Aisha.

So have a look in this sentence.

Toys here are the items that belong, Aisha is the person who those items belong to.

Aisha's toys, apostrophe for possession.

Aisha's toys.

So we have Aisha, apostrophe S as our suffix there, and toys, that apostrophe S there shows that those toys belong to Aisha, she possesses them.

So we have Mum's bag, the girl's bike, Aisha's toys, apostrophe for possession.

So have a look here for me.

Circle the noun phrase using an apostrophe for possession.

So you're looking here for the owner, that apostrophe for possession and the item that they own.

Have a read of the sentences, I'll read them to you first.

My brother wanted to borrow my sister's ball.

Andeep's pencil was at the bottom of the desk.

The teacher took the child's work to the table.

Circle now the noun phrase using the apostrophe for possession.

Pause the video and do this.

Excellent work everyone.

So, my brother wanted to borrow my sister's ball, that there, my sister's ball.

Sister, she's the owner here of the ball, we have that apostrophe S to show that belonging, we're using an apostrophe for possession, my sister's ball.

Andeep's pencil, it's his pencil, that pencil belongs to him, that apostrophe S there denotes possession.

The child's work.

Again, apostrophe S as a suffix there at the end of child to show that that work belongs to the child, the child's work, apostrophe S for possession.

Great job, pause the video, see how you did circling these noun phrases.

Off you go.

So, I'd like you to have a look here and tick the example that shows the apostrophe for possession in the correct place.

The ball belongs to Jun.

So we have Juns' ball, Juns ball', Jun's ball, and Juns 'ball.

Which of those noun phrases there shows the correct use of apostrophe for possession? Pause the video and tick it now.

Brilliant, let's have a look at A.

I've got my apostrophe after my S there, that doesn't show singular possession.

In B I've got the apostrophe after the ball, Jun doesn't belong to the ball, the ball belongs to Jun, it's in the wrong word isn't it? C, now that looks right to me, Jun, apostrophe S, ball, Jun's ball, that is our possessive apostrophe.

And let's just have a look at D quickly, Juns 'ball, well my apostrophe there, for some strange reason is coming before the B and after the S.

Remember it's apostrophe S for singular possession.

Jun's ball.

So our correct answer is C.

Pause the video and see how you did.

So apostrophes for possession are useful to make our writing clear.

They make it clear in our sentence structure as to who possesses or who owns what.

Look at the orientation and the height of the apostrophe.

It is the same height as the ascender, the tall letters in any word.

Jun's shoe, hm, Jun's shoe.

Hm, doesn't look right to me either.

Jun's shoe.

Now, in Jun's shoe we have our capital J and our H as our ascender, so our apostrophe should be in line with that H ascender.

Let's have a look at these three.

I can see here it's the last one that looks right to me.

The second one in the middle, Jun's shoe, that apostrophe is way too high.

And in my first one it's too low.

Remember, it has to be in line, at the same height, as the ascender which is our H in this instance or our capital J in Jun.

So, have a look here, the correct way to write your apostrophe is the final one, the same height as our ascender.

So this is our correct one.

The same height as the ascender, our tall letter in the word.

See how it's written.

Take a little mental snapshot now.

Same height as the ascender (camera shutter noise).

Perfect.

So, which phrase here shows the correct height and orientation of the apostrophe? All of the phrases are the same, Jun's ball, but which one has our apostrophe in the correct orientation and the correct height? Pause the video now and point to the correct one.

Brilliant.

A does not look right to me, it's in the right place and it looks to be a good height, but it's the wrong way round, isn't it? In B, it's way too low, that looks like a comma to me.

In C, way too high.

Remember, the same height as the ascender.

So it's D, the same height as the ascender there.

So the correct one, D, this one.

See how you did.

So, I'd like you here, in our practise task, to show which nouns belong to the other by using an apostrophe S.

The first one's been done for you.

The shoes belonging to Sam.

Sam's shoes.

So Sam, apostrophe S, shoes.

So, read the noun phrases, find out the owner and the item they own and then use an apostrophe S to write out another shorter noun phrase to show the ownership.

Pause the video and do this for me now.

Brilliant work team.

So we were showing which noun belongs to the other by using apostrophe S.

The first one was done for us which was the shoes belong to Sam, Sam's shoes.

Let's read the others then.

The bag belonging to Andeep, that is Andeep's bag.

The ball belonging to Izzy, that's Izzy's ball.

Notice it's apostrophe S.

The idea belonging to Jacob, Jacob's idea.

And notice how each time our apostrophe is in line with our ascenders.

The coat belonging to Jun, Jun's coat.

And the pens belonging to Sofia, Sofia's pens.

Remember these are all examples of singular possession, a single person owning each or possessing each of these items. Pause the video, make any corrections, see how you did.

So, onto then our next learning circle.

We're going to be spelling words with the apostrophe for possession.

When spelling words with an apostrophe for possession, you must first notice that you have written a phrase showing belonging.

Read this.

Where are the phrases showing possession? Let's read this, where are the phrases showing possession? I'll have a go at reading it first.

Once there was a girl named Lucy, whose best friend was Noah.

He lived down the road.

Lucy's bike was red and she often rode it to Noah's house where they would play with Noah's toys.

One day, Lucy's cap blew off her head and landed in front of Noah's door.

So reread that, where are the phrases showing possession? Where are we missing our apostrophes for possession here? Pause the video, off you go.

Great reading everyone.

So, I've noticed that we have some phrases here for possession.

Lucy's bike.

Noah's house.

Noah's toys.

Lucy's cap and Noah's door.

I'm still missing a piece of punctuation here, aren't I? What do I need to then add and where do I need to add it to make all of these phrases here show singular possession? Pause the video and tell someone, where should I add my apostrophe? Brilliant.

Absolutely, it's Lucy's bike, Noah's house, Noah's toys, Lucy's cap, and Noah's door.

So they all need to have apostrophe S before that noun that they then possess or own.

Pause the video, have a look.

Did you manage to spot where you should have added your apostrophe for possession each time? So which sentence has possession and will need apostrophe S? Let's read the sentences.

There are lots of balls in this room.

This is Aisha's ball.

Jacob and Laura like playing with trains.

Pause the video now and select which sentence has possession and will need an apostrophe S.

Good job all.

So, let's have a look at A.

There are lots of balls in this room.

Hm, well it's saying there's lots of balls, but I don't think it sounds like anything or anyone possesses those balls.

I don't think that needs an apostrophe S.

This is Aisha's ball, that is their singular possession, isn't it? So Aisha's ball would need to have an apostrophe S.

Jacob and Laura like playing with trains.

So we have multiple trains there and we have two people, Jacob and Laura, but it's not saying they own those trains or they possess them, it's just saying they like to play with them, so we don't need to have an apostrophe S anywhere there.

The only one is this is Aisha's ball, apostrophe S.

There you go.

So we are going to write a sentence containing some apostrophes for possession.

When we write the whole sentence, we need to do several things at once.

We need to remember the whole sentence.

We need to look out for common exception words.

We need to remember sentence punctuation, capital letters and full stops.

We need to think carefully as well about whether an apostrophe for possession is going to be needed.

So just listening to me say the sentence first.

Izzy's shoes were lost, but she found them under her sister's bed.

Izzy's shoes were lost, but she found them under her sister's bed.

We're gonna use some strategies here to help us remember the sentence.

The first one is tapping it out.

This can help us make sure we hear all of those syllables in the words and we don't miss any sounds out.

Izzy's shoes were lost, but she found them under her sister's bed.

Pause the video and tap it out now.

Great.

Whispering it.

(whispering) Izzy's shoes were lost, but she found them under her sister's bed.

Pause the video, whisper it to yourself or whisper it to someone around you now.

Great job, I could barely hear you there, but I'm sure you were saying it.

And finally, counting the words on our fingers so we make we don't miss any words.

Izzy's shoes were lost, but she found them under her sister's bed.

Izzy's shoes were lost, but she found them under her sister's bed.

Pause the video and count the words in that sentence out on your fingers now and say it out loud.

Off you go.

Brilliant, we're gonna have a chance to write the sentence now.

Make sure you sound out those words, look out for those common exception words.

Think about punctuation, capital letters, full stops, and also make sure you think carefully about whether there's any apostrophes for possession.

Izzy's shoes were lost, but she found them under her sister's bed.

Pause the video and write that sentence now.

Brilliant job team.

So we're gonna go through this sentence now and I want you to check your work and make any corrections as we go along.

Izzy's, oh my goodness gracious, it needs to have a capital letter, it's the beginning of a sentence, but also look, Izzy's shoes, that's possessive, apostrophe S.

Izzy's shoes were, W-E-R-E, watch out for that one.

Lost but she found them under, E-R there, her sister's bed.

Ooh, listen, sister's, it's the sister's bed isn't it, it's possessive, apostrophe S there to show that singular possession and of course a full at the end there.

So it was Izzy's shoes and sister's bed that we were really watching out for there with our apostrophe for possession, singular possession.

What did you learn? Did you make any magical mistakes? What successes did you have? Pause the video and make any corrections and share your learning now with those around you.

Great job today all.

Today we've been spelling words with the apostrophe for singular possession.

An apostrophe has more than one purpose.

Remember, an apostrophe can show contraction, but it can also be used to show possession, that belonging or ownership of an item to another thing.

An apostrophe S is used to show belonging after the first noun.

Fantastic work today everyone, keep an eye out for those apostrophes for possession and contraction in your reading and writing and keep up the great spelling and I'll see you again soon.