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This book had me after its first three sentences: “Hill is a noun. Mill is a noun. Even Uncle Bill is a noun.” Not only does the cadence of the rhyming text beg to be read aloud, but the illustrations are whimsical and silly.
After reading, I wrote four words on a post-it note:
Person
Animal
Place
Thing
My son’s task was to read the words and determine if the
word was a person, animal, place, or thing (i.e., a noun). If he thought it was,
he peeled the sticker back. If a star was revealed, he’d guessed right and
could place the sticker at the bottom of the page under the “Nouns I Found”
heading.
My son had a few wrong guesses but overall did great and
loved peeling back the stickers to look for stars. The more we work with Noun Clown, the better he'll get; I'm sure of it.
I made six templates, moving the stars around so we could
practice this multiple times. Download the Noun Clowns here.
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NOTE: This is not
an activity to do just after you’ve trimmed your child’s fingernails. Avery
Color Coding Labels (¾-inch diameter) pulled away much easier than Target’s
UP & UP brand and the darker dots work best since the stars don’t show through.
Great idea -- thanks so much for sharing both the idea and printable with us!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fun way to teach nouns, and I just love the colorful Noun Clown! Thanks for sharing!
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Ha! Thanks for the tips- great way to work with words. Will have to do this when my children get older! Thank you for sharing this on The Sunday Showcase.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way - My youngest daughter has just started school and she brought her first homework back home this week! Saw you on linky party and now gfc following you, Karima :) www.karimascrafts.com
ReplyDeleteWow this is great!! We are not ready for nouns yet, but when we are I look forward to using this!
ReplyDeleteFun idea! I sometimes use Mad Libs to teach the parts of speech, but I'm going to use your Noun Clown for my 6-year-olds who need focused practice just on nouns.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Thanks for sharing!
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