Nouns: People, Places, and Things!

English Language Arts Grades Pre-K 8:35 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn all about nouns with this fun video! Discover how nouns name people, places, and things around us. Get ready to find nouns everywhere!

Video Resource

Nouns for Kids | Learning All about Nouns and How to Identify Them

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Duration: 8:35
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Key Concepts

  • Nouns are words that name people.
  • Nouns are words that name places.
  • Nouns are words that name things.

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify nouns representing people.
  • Students will be able to identify nouns representing places.
  • Students will be able to identify nouns representing things.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students if they know what words are. Explain that words help us talk about everything around us. Introduce the video 'Nouns for Kids' and tell them they will learn about a special kind of word called a noun.
  • Video Viewing (8 mins)
    Play the 'Nouns for Kids' video. Encourage students to pay attention to the different examples of people, places, and things.
  • Discussion (7 mins)
    After the video, have a class discussion about nouns. Review that nouns are words for people, places, and things. Use examples from the video.
  • Activity: Noun Hunt (10 mins)
    Have students look around the classroom and identify nouns they see. Ask them to name the noun and tell whether it is a person, place, or thing.
  • Wrap Up (5 mins)
    Review the definition of a noun and the three categories (people, places, and things). Reiterate the importance of nouns in everyday language.

Interactive Exercises

  • Noun Sorting
    Prepare picture cards with different nouns (e.g., doctor, school, cat, park, teacher, book). Have students sort the cards into three categories: People, Places, and Things.
  • Classroom Noun Scavenger Hunt
    Ask the students to find a 'thing' in the class that is a noun, then a 'place' in the school that is a noun, and finally name a 'person' that is a noun.

Discussion Questions

  • What is a noun?
  • Can you give me an example of a noun for a person?
  • Can you give me an example of a noun for a place?
  • Can you give me an example of a noun for a thing?

Skills Developed

  • Listening comprehension
  • Vocabulary building
  • Categorization
  • Noun Identification

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What is a noun?

Correct Answer: A word for a person, place, or thing.

Question 2:

Which one is a person?

Correct Answer: Teacher

Question 3:

Which one is a place?

Correct Answer: School

Question 4:

Which one is a thing?

Correct Answer: Ball

Question 5:

Is 'baby' a noun?

Correct Answer: Yes

Question 6:

Is 'home' a noun?

Correct Answer: Yes

Question 7:

Is 'car' a noun?

Correct Answer: Yes

Question 8:

Which one of these is NOT a place?

Correct Answer: Friend

Question 9:

Which one of these is NOT a thing?

Correct Answer: Mom

Question 10:

Which word is a noun?

Correct Answer: Cat

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A _______ is a place where you learn.

Correct Answer: school

Question 2:

A _______ is a thing you can read.

Correct Answer: book

Question 3:

A _________ is a person who helps you.

Correct Answer: teacher

Question 4:

A _________ is a place you play in.

Correct Answer: park

Question 5:

A _________ is something soft you sleep with.

Correct Answer: pillow

Question 6:

You eat yummy snacks at the _________ table.

Correct Answer: table

Question 7:

You can color with a _________ .

Correct Answer: crayon

Question 8:

My __________ loves to read me stories.

Correct Answer: mom

Question 9:

A ________ says 'woof woof'.

Correct Answer: dog

Question 10:

I go to the _________ to see a doctor.

Correct Answer: hospital

Educational Standards

PK.5.R.2:Students will hear different parts of speech through conversations, read-alouds, and interactive reading: concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e., nouns), words as actions (i.e., verbs), color adjectives, spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before, and after. PK.4.R.1:Students will name and sort familiar objects into categories based on similarities and differences with prompting. PK.3.R.2:Students will answer basic questions (e.g., who, what, where, and when) about texts, photographs, or illustrations during shared reading or other text experiences with prompting.

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