That s Mine! Possessive Pronouns From Houghton Mifflin Text

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Thats Mine!

• Possessive Pronouns
• From Houghton Mifflin Text p. 224-225

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Kokos Kitten

• Koko plays with Kokos kitten. Koko puts it on
  Kokos lap. Koko brushes the kittens fur. Koko
  loves Kokos kitten!
• Why does this paragraph sound funny?
• What can we do to change it?
• Lets find out how possessive pronouns can help!

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What is a possessive pronoun?

• A noun that shows ownership is a possessive
  noun. Some pronouns can take the place of
  possessive nouns. A pronoun that shows ownership
  is called a possessive pronoun.

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Possessive Pronouns

• Look at these examples

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Find the possessive Pronoun in each sentence.

• My class watches a video about two gorillas.
• Their names are Koko and Michael.
• Koko wants to hold her kitten, Smoky.

Click Koko to see the answers.
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Choose a possessive pronoun to replace the
underlined word(s).

• The trainer tells Koko, I am Kokos friend.
• her
• my
• your

Click Koko to see the answer.
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Choose a possessive pronoun to replace the
underlined word(s).

• Michael paints a picture on Michaels paper.
• Its
• His
• My

Click Koko to see the answer.
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Choose a possessive pronoun to replace the
underlined word(s).

• The trainer said, The computer Koko uses is the
  trainers.
• mines
• mine
• my

Click Koko to see the answer.
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Choose a possessive pronoun to replace the
underlined word(s).

• The gorillas play games with the gorillas
  trainer.
• Their
• Our
• His

Click Koko to see the answer.
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Choose a possessive pronoun to replace the
underlined word(s).

• The trainer tells Koko, This book is Kokos.
• yours
• your
• mine

Click Koko to see the answer.
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Please help edit this speech by using possessive
pronouns where they belong.

• Koko and Michael have shown that gorillas can
  use gorillas hands to communicate, or talk.
  Koko talks about Kokos kitten. She tells the
  trainers, I love Kokos kitten. Koko has a
  special computer. The computers buttons have
  pictures on them. Koko uses Kokos computer to
  answer questions.
• Michael talks too. He tells how he and
  Michaels mother were chased by hunters. People
  should make sure gorillas in the wild are
  protected.

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For additional practice

• See
• Houghton Mifflin
• Workbook Plus
• pages 110-111