Nouns

Topic: Nouns

Objectives & Outcome:

• Students will be able to identify nouns as people, places, or things in a story.

Materials:

• Pictures from a familiar story
• Flashcards with different types of nouns (people, places, things)

Warm-up

• Ask students if they can name some people, places, and things that they have seen in their everyday life.
• Write their responses on the board.
• Ask students if they can name any different types of nouns they have mentioned, and write their responses on the board as well.

Direct Instruction

• Review the definitions of people, places, and things as nouns.
• Write the definitions on the board and have students repeat them after you.
• Show students some pictures of people, places, and things and have them identify which type of noun each is.
• Have students work in pairs to identify the nouns in the pictures and write them on the board.

Guided Practice

• Show students another set of pictures and have them work in pairs to identify the nouns and write them on the board.
• Have a few pairs share their pictures and answers with the class.

Independent Practice

• Have students work in groups to create their own set of pictures with nouns.
• Encourage them to be creative and use their imaginations.
• Have each group share their pictures with the class and explain the nouns.

Closure

• Review the different types of nouns and the definitions.
• Ask students to provide examples of nouns for each category.
• Remind them that nouns are important for communicating ideas.

Assessment

• Observe students during the independent practice activity to assess their understanding of nouns.
• Collect and review their drawings as a form of assessment.