Singular and Regular Possessive Nouns

Pip and Koko had a blast watching the Mighty Mermaids play! But on the way out, Pip realized he lost his lucky hat! So, the pair headed to the Lost and Found in hopes that someone turned it in. "Hmm, I recognize a lot of this stuff and know who it belongs to! Pip, do you think we could label the lost items and return them to their owners?" "I think that's a great idea, Koko. But how do we show belonging?" Let's help Pip and Koko by learning about "Singular Possessive Nouns (Regular)". You may remember that words do different jobs in a sentence. One of these jobs is called a noun. Nouns are words that name people, animals, places, and things. Did you know that we can show when something belongs to a noun, like a cap to a pitcher? We can show this by adding an apostrophe S to the end of the singular noun, the pitcher. That means it becomes 'the pitcher's cap'. When we add the apostrophe S to make 'pitcher's', we call it a singular possessive noun. The word singular tells us that it is just one person, animal, place, or thing that has something that belongs to it. By adding an apostrophe S to the end of a noun, we turn a noun into a possessive one! Let's help Pip and Koko do the same by labeling who these things belong to! Pip knows that this bat belongs to the batter. We know that the batter is a noun because he is an animal. To write 'the batter' as a possessive noun, we need to add an apostrophe S here, at the end of the word, to show belonging. Now we can add the label that says, 'The batter's bat', which tells us who the bat belongs to! Koko knows that this mitt belongs to the catcher. We know that the catcher is a noun because it is an animal. Now it's your turn. How can you change the catcher into a possessive noun to show the mitt belongs to it? Add an apostrophe S to the end of the catcher and write, 'The catcher's mitt'. Now we can add this label on the mitt, which tells us who the mitt belongs to! As Pip and Koko return the lost items to their owners, let's remember! Today we learned about singular possessive nouns, which happen when one person, animal, place, or thing has ownership or belonging of something else. To make a singular noun possessive, add an apostrophe and the letter S to the end of the word. "I'm glad we were able to give everyone back their things." "Me too, Koko. Once we return the pitcher's cap, everything will be found except my lucky hat." . "My lucky hat! That's my lucky hat!!" "I knew something didn't look right during the game today! Bertha, this MUST belong to you!"