Ages: 8-11
Grades: 3-6

Nouns may be one of the basic parts of speech but many students find them difficult to grasp. These lessons use simple sentence structure, vocabulary, and readability to help students master the concept of nouns.

The activities feature:

• simple, clear explanations of noun concepts
• appealing one-page lessons with plenty of practice activities
• step-by-step progression in difficulty to build success and motivation
• a pretest/posttest

The lessons begin with identifying nouns and finding nouns in sentences. Students learn to recognize and use these kinds of nouns:

• common and proper
• concrete and abstract
• collective and compound
• plural and irregular plural
• possessive and plural possessive
• exact or specific (versus general)

40 pages • 8.5 x 11, softcover • ©2006