Snip and squeeze
Write "do not" on a paper strip. Kids cut out the o in not, push the words together and glue an apostrophe where the letter was. Physically removing the letter shows exactly what the apostrophe is doing.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
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