What is a noun

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Nouns

• What is a noun?

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A noun is a word that names a person, place, or
thing. Hmmm What does this mean?
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A noun names a person.

• So is a firefighter a noun?
• Yes, because a firefighter is a person.

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A noun names a place.

• So is your home a noun?
• Yes, because a home is a place.

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A noun names a thing.

• So is a pencil a noun?
• Yes, because a pencil is a thing.

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BIG CLUE
A noun is anything you can touch!
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Copy the sentences and circle all the nouns in
the sentence. Remember, a noun is anything you
can touch.

• The boy went to school.
• 2.The computer is on the desk.
• 3. The pencil fell on the floor.

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You should have circled all the words in red.

• 1. The boy went to school.
• 2.The computer is on the desk.
• 3. The pencil fell on the floor.

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I will read each word. Put your thumbs up if the
word is a noun.

• table very fork
• Disney World loud
• delicious school
• dad bread nice

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I will read each word. Stand up if the word is a
noun.

• pillow little park
• happy teacher computer
• cute paper

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Put the nouns in the right column.

• Person Place Thing

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Can you name a noun that begins with the letter
B?Hmmm. Lets think about it.How about a
ballor a baby boy? How about your bedroom? Are
these nouns? What do you think?
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Now its your turn to name some nouns that begin
with the letter b. Take out your writing books.
I am going to give you one minute to name as many
as you can. Remember, a noun is anything you
can touch! On you mark, get set.. GO!
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around our classroom. Do you see any nouns?I
do!I see rulers, pencils, folder, and glue.
Can you name some more?
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Lets review!What are some things we learned
about nouns? Lets think
We know nouns name a person, place, or thing. We
also learned nouns are anything we can touch!
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GREAT JOB!

• You did an excellent job!
• Give yourself a nice round of applause!