A Noun Is a Person, Place or Thing
From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1973
3 min1st2nd3rd4th5thReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
A bright, bouncy introduction to nouns - the words we use to name people, places, and things. The song fills the screen with examples until naming nouns feels automatic.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A bright, bouncy introduction to nouns - the words we use to name people, places, and things.
- What three kinds of words can a noun be?
- Can you find three nouns in our classroom?
- Is your name a noun? Why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: noun, name, thing.
Try it: List five nouns you can see right now and sort them into person, place, or thing.