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Common nouns

Explain to the children that they are going to do common

Learning objectives

noun activities set round a summer fair. Put the children

• To understand that common nouns name people,

into their levelled groups and give out the activities. Spend

creatures, places and objects.

time moving between the groups to discuss individual

children’s work and assess their level of understanding.

• To identify and use common nouns in sentences.

Resources

Chapter 1, Common nouns, Activity 1

Green Street Summer Fair

• Lesson – ‘Noun picture cards’ (Lesson resources

CD-ROM). Copy the noun picture card sheets onto

Name _____________________________________________________________________________

A common noun names people, places, things and animals, a boy, a house, a toy, a cat.

thin card and cut them into individual cards.

• Group 1 (Year 1) – Copies of activity sheet 1,

‘Green Street Summer Fair’ for each child.

Chapter 1, Common nouns, Activity 2

Fun at the Fair

• Group 2 (Year 1/2) – Copies of activity sheet 2,

Name _____________________________________________________________________________

‘Fun at the Fair’ for each child.

A common noun names people, places, things and animals, for example:

a boy, a house, a toy, a cat.

This is the Lucky Dip stall at the Green Street Summer Fair.

Draw lines to match the labels to the Lucky Dip prizes.

• Group 3 (Year 2) – Copies of activity sheet 3,

‘Panic at the Pet Show’ for each child.

Lesson/activity notes

car

bat

ball

yo-yo

pen

Circle the two nouns in each sentence.

Chapter 1, Common nouns, Activity 3

• Lesson – Before the lesson, display the noun picture

The girl won a balloon.

Panic at the Pet Show

The boy has a kite.

cards around the room.

Name _____________________________________________________________________________

The dog got a bone.

Grammar Springboards Years 1/2

A common noun names people, places, things and animals, for example:

a boy, a house, a toy, a cat.

Add your own noun to this sentence.

The Pet Show at Green Street Summer Fair is not going well.

I got a _____________________________ from the Lucky Dip box.

• Group 1 (Year 1) – Children work as a discussion

Add the nouns below to the sentences to fi nd out what the pets did.

Draw a picture of your noun.

group with adult support.

chicken

hamster

cat

rabbit

table

bird

bee

cake

hat

nose

tent

string

dog

nest

tree

• Group 2 (Year 1/2) – Children working individually

The d______________ ran after a b_________________ and got stung on the n________________ .

on activity sheet and then with a partner or group to

The c_______________ saw a b____________________ and climbed up a t___________________.

play a game.

Grammar Springboards Years 1/2

The h ____________ nibbled a s_____________________ and let a t____________________ down.

The r_____________ jumped onto a t____________ and ate a large c________________________.

• Group 3 (Year 2) – Children work individually on

The ch___________ saw a large h_________________ and made a cosy n_____________________.

activity sheet and as pair–share with their work.

Choose another pet and make up a sentence about what they did at the pet show.

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Lesson

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Introduction

Grammar Springboards Years 1/2

At the beginning of the lesson, ask the children to look

Activities

around the room for word and picture cards but not to tell

the others what they can see. Explain that they are going

Group 1 (Year 1)

to play ‘I-spy’ using the cards as subjects. Choose one child

to start. When the correct answer is given, ask the child

• Give out the activity sheet ‘ Green Street Summer Fair’

to bring up the card and then attach it to a board in front

to each child. Remind the children what a common noun

of the class. Once all the cards have been located and

is and point to a couple of examples boy, ball.

displayed, explain that all the words are common nouns.

• Then the children look at the picture ‘Green Street

Main lesson

Summer Fair’ to try and find twenty common nouns.

Highlight that a common noun’s job is to name people,

creatures, places and objects. Draw four columns on the

• This can be done as a discussion group with the children

white board and at the top of each column write: ‘People,

taking turns to find and circle a noun on one copy of

Animals, Places, Objects’. With the children, sort the noun

the picture, or individually with the children finding and

cards into the correct columns. Ask the children for a

circling the nouns on their own copies.

few more common noun examples and add them to the

columns. Using a noun from each group, work with the

• At the end of the task, look at the chosen nouns. Ask

children to write simple sentences. Do the first one as an

which ones are people, place, object or animal nouns.

example, ‘The boy fell over.’ Underline the noun.

Record the children’s responses as they work.

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