1. Common and Proper Nouns

2. Common Nouns  Common nouns are any person, place, or thing. They are not capitalized.  school  flower  doctor  globe

3. Proper Nouns  Proper nouns name a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are capitalized.  state names (Missouri)  teacher names (Mr. Jones)  titles of books, magazines, newspapers, movies, songs, etc…(Because of Winn- Dixie)  months and days of the week (September,Tuesday)

4. Circle the words that are common nouns. Underline the words that are proper nouns. Last Friday the students visited a museum in Kentucky. Marcia enjoyed reading the book Charlotte’s Web.

5. Last Friday the visited a in Kentucky. Marcia enjoyed reading the bo Charlotte’s Web. students museum book