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Contractions PowerPoint
A 24-slide editable PowerPoint template about contractions.
This teaching presentation covers the following concepts:
- a definition of contractions
- explanations and examples of the different contraction combinations
- activities for students.
Note: This teaching presentation contains animations and is best viewed in Slide Show mode.
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Change by Stephanie (Teach Starter) May 17th, 2020
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Ju Schubert ยท Apr 13th, 2020
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Stephanie (Teach Starter) ยท Apr 14th, 2020