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Contractions can be pretty tricky for first graders to nail down!  To make it fun and give my students a bit of scaffolding, I created this free Contraction Conversation Hearts literacy center.
Since the “matching” hearts are the same color, the focus is less on students knowing the matches, but instead, more about giving them an opportunity to repeatedly see the correlations!
I don’t really love the taste of traditional conversation hearts, but I’m hoping to eventually find some that are actually tasty!  The “very berry” ones (pictured above) do look promising, however…
Anyways, to prep this center, I simply printed out the Contraction Conversation Hearts onto card stock and then laminated them for classroom use.  Finally, I cut them apart and slipped them into a clear baggie for safe keeping!









My students easily understood that they were to spread out the pieces and find the matches.  I reiterated that once they matched up all the hearts, they needed to say all of the words out loud to “stick them in their brains”.  

When all my kiddos had a chance to try out the center, I gave them all a few candy heart treats just for fun!
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Be sure to check out these other heart activities as well!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: 
Heart Letter Puzzles // Pocket of Preschool
Valentine Hearts Ten Frame Clip Cards // Mrs. Jones Creation Station
Heart Digraph Puzzles // The Kindergarten Connection
 

Printable Valentine’s Math Activities // Stay at Home Educator

 

Alphabet Hearts // Playdough to Plato

 

Valentine’s Day Emergent Reader // Sweet Sounds of Kindergarten

 

Heart Syllable Sort // Recipe for Teaching

 

Candy Hearts Count and Clip Cards // Modern Preschool

 

Heartbreakers Sensory Activity // Sugar Spice and Glitter

 

CVC Hearts // The Primary Post

 

Heart Counting Cards // Powerful Mothering

 

Sorting Hearts Fine Motor Tray // Teach Me Mommy

 

Candy Heart Estimation Station // The STEM Laboratory

 

Contraction Conversation Hearts // The Simplified Classroom

 

Chocolate Heart Play Dough Mats // Fantastic Fun and Learning

 

Hearts Make Ten Game // Sara J Creations

 

Heart Roll, Cover and Write Mats // Fun Learning for Kids

 

Candy Heart Sentences // Pages of Grace

 

Heart Sight Word Match // The Letters of Literacy

 

Heart Name Crafts // Fun-A-Day

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