2. Nouns A person! A thing! A place!

3. A noun is a person, place, or thing. Definition:

4. A NOUN IS A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING boy girl man woman teacher scientist baker pastor ballerina organist nurse mom dad babysitter park restaurant theater church store Hawaii zoo space Disneyland mall kitchen gym river Georgia bone car dress shoe gum scissors computer skateboard baseball clock pen CD table candle

5. Some nouns cannot be seen or touched... Love Hope Peace Thoughtfulness Wonder Pride Sin Helpfulness Shyness... only shown. courage cuteness Aww! beauty growth

6. Regular people, places, and things are called common nouns. city girl boy dog park person book state magazine country school church lake river statue team poem hospital What do you notice about these words?

7. Particular people, places, or things are called Proper Nouns. A particular school = Northwest Community Christian School Proper Noun A particular person = Mr. Young A particular city = Phoenix A particular lake = Pleasant Lake

8. commonProper river Colorado River bookCharlotte’s Web personAbraham Lincoln magazineFamily Circle poem “The Sugar Plum Tree” dogDalmation (particular)

9. Head up a half sheet (long) of paper. Make 2 columns. Label: __ Common Proper___

10. June is the month of her birthday. The boys went with them to Detroit. Buck went to see the concert last night in Spain. Thursday is the day Grandma and Grandpa will be coming. The Verde River is visited many times throughout the summer. Where the Red Fern Grows was read to us last week. There should be 9 proper nouns and 8 common nouns.