# Edit the little marks that change meaning · original written read-aloud

## Read together

Sam’s pouch rolled under the toy bench. The sign said, ‘Dont move Sams pouch.’ Jo brought two tiny apostrophe cards. One helped ‘don’t’ show the missing letter. The other showed that the pouch belonged to Sam. At the next shelf, three players shared a box. Their label needed the apostrophe after the plural s. Tiny marks had two different jobs, and the reader could now tell whose things were whose.

## Pause for a choice

- What happened or what was the job?
- Which words help you work that out?

## Adult direction

A familiar adult may read at a comfortable pace, pause for choice and skip any sound performance. Provide this full text with later audio. Never require headphones, microphone or recording.

## Audio status

Written script only. No synthesized speech, audition, recording, accent/language approval or audio asset exists.