NOUNS By Ellyn Ball and Lilly Jenkins

NOUNS  Who can recall what a noun is?

NOUNS  Nouns are naming words. They help people name what they are thinking or talking about. In English, most nouns fall into four main groups.  A noun is a person, place thing or idea.

TYPES OF NOUNS People veterinarian Americans Dr. Robinson leaders Places Lake Mead kennel classroom Bunker Hill Things bumblebee motorcycle collar notebook Ideas strength honesty obedience willingness

QUICK CHECK  How many types of nouns? 44  What are they?  people, places, things and ideas

LET’S DO  Explain which category each noun falls under 1. puppy 6. loyalty 2. leash 7. yard 3. trainer 8. doghouse 4. tail 9. judge 5. family 10. show

COLLECTIVE NOUNS  A few nouns name groups of people or things. A pack, for example is “a group of dogs that travel together.” These nouns are called collective nouns.  Example: judge jury court

LET’S DO  Each of the numbered groups of words below contains one collective noun. Volunteers will be needed to choose the correct one. 1. collar club fur 2.team dish claw 3.ball litter toys 4.snout group paw 5.ribbon brush class

COMPOUND NOUNS  Sometime words are used together to form a new word with a different meaning.  For example: the two separate words dog and house, when they are used together create “doghouse” meaning “a house for a dog. “Together the words take on a special meaning. A noun such as doghouse is said to be a compound noun  A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words

LET’S DO  Each group will take one word and look up the correct spelling of each compound noun below and share with the class. 1.greyhound grey hound grey-hound 2.foxterrier fox-terrier fox terrier 3.watch-dog watch dog watchdog 4.blood hound bloodhound blood-hound 5.dog-eared dog eared dogeared

COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS  A common noun names any one of a class of people, places, or things. Common nouns are never capitalized unless they begin a sentence or a title  A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun is always capitalized  All nouns-even if they are collective or compound-can be classified as either common or proper nouns

QUICK CHECK  What types of nouns are there?  Compound, collective, common and proper

YOU DO  On the left side of your interactive notebook, list one of each kind of noun learned today (do not use any examples given today). Make sure to illustrate and color code.  Examples of common and proper nouns CommonProper writer, park, documentEdgar Allen Poe, Rogers Park, Constitution