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Grade Level: 3rd grade Subject: ELAR Prepared By: Mystie Wilson

Overview & Purpose: Students will learn common and proper nouns. Students
will demonstrate understanding of common and proper nouns with an
interactive activity at the end of the lecture and small group lesson. This is
useful when speaking and writing.
Education Standards Addressed: TEK 110.14
English Language Arts and Reading
(22) Oral and written conventions students understand the function of
and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and
writing. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater
complexity. Students are expected to:
(A): Use and understand the function of the following parts of speech
in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:
(ii) nouns (singular, plural) (common, proper)

Lesson Details
Objectives Students will learn common and proper nouns, the use Materials Needed
(Specify skills/information that will of common/proper nouns in parts of speech and their  Paper
be learned.)
importance. Students will also learn when to capitalize  Pencil
a proper noun  Post-it notes

Information I (teacher) will read the book Merry Go Round a Book

(Give and/or demonstrate necessary About Nouns written by Ruth Heller. Students will listen
information)
to the different forms of nouns demonstrated in the
book.

Verification Work as a whole group coming up with nouns the Other Resources
(Steps to check for student students recognize in their everyday life and I will fill out (e.g. Web, books, etc.)
understanding)
the anchor chart with the students ideas and students
will tell which section of the anchor chart their noun will “Merry Go Round A Book About
go in. Nouns” By Ruth Heller

Activity I will read the book A Mink A Fink A Skating Rink “A Mink A Fink A Skating Rink”
(Describe the independent activity to written by Brian P. Cleary. As I am reading the students
reinforce this lesson)
By Brian P. Cleary
will write some of the common and proper nouns they
hear from the book on post it notes in the correct form.
When the book is over the students will come to the
anchor chart to place their post it note with their noun in
the correct place.
Summary Students will show understanding of the difference Additional Notes
between the parts of speech common and proper Students will also work in a small
nouns. group to discuss their nouns they
chose to use from the book to
post on the anchor chart.