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This pictograph shows how to teach apostrophes in a way that students will understand and retain. Draw the pictograph on your whiteboard or show this pictograph on your projector. Explain that the apostrophe acts as a divider.
Let’s start with the red divider. The red divider shows that only one cow “owns” the spots we’re talking about.
The yellow divider shows that multiple cows “own” the spots.
Now that you’ve shown your students this pictograph, erase part of the “divider” line or project the following image:

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The arrow still points to the owner of the spots.
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