AC9E3LA11
Parents start here
Your child is learning to use the apostrophe two ways.
- Use apostrophes correctly in both 'don't' and 'Sam's bag' within the same piece of writing
- Explain the difference between apostrophe for contraction and apostrophe for possession
One skill from the map, ages 6–7 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
“understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession”
Official source: Australian Curriculum v9 — English ↗ · Content © ACARA, CC BY 4.0 · unofficial reference — verify at the official site
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
high confidence1 skill
5 other candidate matches — 2 medium, 3 low
medium confidence
low confidence
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Language strand:
AC9E3LA01AC9E3LA02AC9E3LA03AC9E3LA04AC9E3LA05AC9E3LA06AC9E3LA07AC9E3LA08
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.