1. Kinds of Nouns
By Ms. B

2. Common Noun: is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea
Common Noun Examples: leader, forest, mountain
Proper Noun: is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are always capitalized.
Proper Noun Examples : Sequoya, Giant Forest, Mount Whitney

3. Abstract: names an idea, feeling, quality, or characteristic
Examples: happiness, beauty, freedom, humor, and greed
Concrete: names a thing that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted.
Example: rainbow, thunder, feather, blueberry

4. Collective Noun: is a word that names a group of people or things.
Examples: class, crowd, family, staff, trio, and team

5. Guided Practice: Put the correct Note card Next to the type of noun.
planet
Sequoia
beauty
Team
person

6. Northern Hemisphere
Trees
Crowd
Strength
Trunk

7. Among the largest living things on our planet are sequoias.
Guided/Independent Practice: Write the following sentences down and Underline the Common Noun, Box the Proper Noun, Circle the Abstract Nouns, and put a Triangle around the Collective Nouns…PLEASE SKIP LINES!!
Among the largest living things on our planet are sequoias.
They are named for Sequoya, a Cherokee scholar and leader.
The most impressive example is the General Sherman Tree.
It bears the name of a Northern commander of the Civil War
The sequoia weighs 12 million pounds and soars 275 feet, a symbol of strength and endurance.

8. Warm Up Write the following sentences down and Underline the Common Noun, Box the Proper Noun, Circle the Abstract Nouns, and put a Triangle around the Collective Nouns…PLEASE
The beauty of these trees amazes crowds every day.
Now they are found chiefly in national reserves in California.
In past centuries sequoias grew across the Northern Hemisphere.
A team of researchers estimated its age as between 2,200 and 2,500 years.