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Thanks to the commenters below for some of the ideas in my list!

I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What Is a Contraction? by Brian Cleary RAL
If you were a contraction by Trisha Shashkan RAL
Punctuation Station by Brian Cleary (no RAL available)
The Day Punctuation Came to Town RAL
Punctuation Celebration RAL
Alphie the Apostrophe RAL
If you were an apostrophe by Trisha Shashkan RAL
Greedy apostrophe: a cautionary tale by Jan Carr RAL (find “apostrophes with Ramon by krystalynn03)

Scratch Garden has a punctuation song: "punctuation explained (by punctuation)" and “contractions" video
Jack Hartmann has a contractions song
Nessy video: Apostrophes: when to use them
Video: Punctuation: using apostrophes to show singular and plural possession (KS2)

What's on the menu RAL
Benny at the restaurant RAL
A crazy day at the critter Cafe RAL
Monster manners RAL
Good manners in a restaurant by Katie Marsico RAL
Manners at a restaurant by Bridget Heos (no RAL available)

I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What Is a Contraction? read aloud video

• link: https://youtu.be/XXot6pu4SXU?si=q1QuwphSkXiLsweP

Contractions song by Jack Hartman

• link: https://youtu.be/5xE-vw2ctqo?si=WpvB99pf0-ZI3ufP

During this lesson, we used Brian P. Clearly's books "What's A Contraction" and "Punctuation Station" to introduce the apostrophe before we went on to the main exercises.