Contraction Conversation Hearts

This post contains affiliate links.

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!

Ready to download this BLOG EXCLUSIVE FREEBIE???

Simply click on the blue button below!

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

  Valentine's Day Number Recognition Bingo Game // Schooling a Monkey

  Valentine's Day Activities (Heart Craft & Cutting Practice) // Fairy Poppins

  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

  Jar of Hearts: Editable Sight Words to Read and Write // Liz's Early Learning Spot

  Hearts Make Ten Game // Sara J Creations

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

  Heart Ice and Oil Density Experiment // Science Kiddo

  Candy Heart Sentences // Pages of Grace

  Heart Sight Word Match // The Letters of Literacy

  Heart Name Crafts // Fun-A-Day