Noun Game

By Azure

I play the Noun Game in my classroom, and my students absolutely love it! Let's
see if I can explain this in a reasonable manner.

MATERIALS: Letter blocks, deck of cards with students' names on them or

something to call

on them throughout the game in a quick fashion

OBJECT: To be the last person standing in the game.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Have students stand behind their chairs.
2. Draw a letter block (I have a bucket full of them.)
3. State your rule, for example, "You must give me a
proper noun that starts with the letter "n" as in Niagra
Falls. (You can change what you'd like them to respond

with, common nouns, names, etc.)

4. Start calling students one by one to give you a word.
5. At the end of the round (after you've called everyone's name) pick a new letter
block and repeat until one student is left standing.

HOW TO GET ELIMINATED OR SIT DOWN:

1. Student repeats a noun that has already been said in that round.
2. Student says a word that is not a noun.
3. Student exceeds the time limit. When I start the game in the beginning of the
year, we go slow. Then later, if they even hesitate after I call their name, they're
out! If I say, "Steven" and he says, "Ugh.." He's out!

This game is so much fun and it really gets them familiar with nouns. When my
students see my bucket of letters come from the closet, they yell "NOUN GAME!!"

noun idea
By ddb

Here's an idea my wonderful student teacher did yesterday! The kids loved it, and
at the time I thought what a good lesson for an evaluation! She first introduced
nouns (or really just reviewed them because this is 4th

grade and the kids knew what a noun was). She then
asked the students to brainstorm some nouns while
she write them under Person, Place, or Thing on the
board. Then, the students were in groups of 4 or 5 and
their job was to make a list of Halloween nouns using
the 3 categories. They came up with huge and creative
lists! The students then used 3 different colors of
markers to decorate
one Halloween shape with the nouns in the correct category. She had a pumpkin
shape, a bat, a ghost, and a witch for them to choose, write on, and then color. This
made a good-looking Halloween bulletin board that said, "Halloween Nouns". It was
a great activity! I hope you can understand this, and that it helps!! Good luck to you -
I hate those observations!

Noun Activities
By Lilacs

I use a fall bulletin board with leaves for the kids to sort into bags. Each bag has
a part of speech labeled on it. I use verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives/adverbs,
etc. You could do Person, place, thing.

teach the kids a song

A noun is a person, place, or thing.

A noun is a person, place, or thing.
A noun is a person, A noun is a place,
A noun is a person, place, or thing.

Nouns are Names (Polly Wolly Doodle)

Oh, lets look around for some nameing words for
persons and places and things. Oh, a noun is a name;
yes a noun is a name for a person or a place
or a thing. Its a noun, it's a noun, its the name of anything. Any persons, any places,
anything from hats to laces, it names persons and places and things.

A bingo board for each kid. Some boxes have proper nouns and others are common
nouns. They can cover a box when you say dog (common) or Mr. Ed (proper), etc.

During guided reading we select books to read. They take it back to their desk to do a
Noun Hunt and write them in the correct column (person, place, or thing) (common or
proper).

I also use materials from Learning resources (check out the samples on their web
page). They have cute little warmups that are like Mad libs (ie. noun libs or verb libs).
The kids have fun playing during centers.

I also have a car game with the rear window and license plate showing. The license
plates all have two letters. If my plate has (m e) then I make a sentence. M is for a
noun and e is for a verb. So I could say monsters eat big meals.
 Autumn

Autumn is the season that falls between summer and winter. There
are many changes that begin in this fascinating season. Days
become shorter. Leaves of trees turn from green to vibrant red,
yellow and orange. Trees need sunlight to keep their leaves a lively
green. Without sunlight leaves turn colors. The grass is no longer
blanketed with dew but with frost, almost every morning, as
temperatures reach the freezing point. Animals start storing up a food
supply to last the long winter months. These changes occur as the as
we adjust from the heat of the summer to the chill of the winter.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

1. Autumn occurs between summer and which other season?

a. January b. spring
c. winter d. solstice

2. Which of the following changes may occur during Autumn?

a. days become shorter b. it becomes very hot

c. days become longer d. Their is more sunlight

3. Why do leaves change color during Autumn?

a. they don't get enough oxygen b. they don't get enough light
c. they don't get enough water d. they get too much oxygen
4. What do animals begin to do to prepare for the end of Autumn?

a. store extra body fat b. eat less

c. shed fur d. turn colors

Name _______________ Date _____________

Reading Comprehension
Worksheet
Autumn

Autumn is traditionally harvest time when the farmers would cut their crops to prepare
them for storage or to sell. When I was a kid we lived on a dairy farm and this was always a
busy time of year as we cut harvested our crops and prepared the farm for winter.

Farmers use many pieces of large and small equipment to take care of their farm. Before
winter they make sure everything is working like it should and they repair anything that
needs it.

A lot of farmers plow their fields in the fall so it will give them a head start for the spring.
September is also the time that farmers plant winter wheat. It grows until it gets cold and
then it goes dormant, which means it stops growing, until spring when it starts growing
again.

Most farm animals love corn, but it has to picked at just the right time so the farmers can
have a supply all winter long. Most corn today is picked with a picker-sheller or a combine,
both machines shell the corn off the cob and then the farmer dumps it in a gas batch dryer
which dries it to a certain hardness, otherwise it will get moldy in storage.Some farmers
still just pick the whole ear with a regular corn picker and store it in a corn crib, if they are
going to just pick it, they leave it in the field longer so it will dry. They test the moisture by
shelling the corn off the cob and putting a handful into a moisture tester.

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1. Why do farmers harvest
in the Autumn season? ________________________________
_

2. What do farmers ________________________________

traditionally plant in
 _

September? ________________________________
_

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3. What does "dormant" ________________________________

mean? _

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4. What is the purpose for a ________________________________

gas batch dryer? _

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Name ___________________ Date ______________

Going On A Picnic
Aisha and Hessa worked real hard all summer to prepare for the end
of summer picnic. Aisha grew tomatoes and green peppers in her
garden. Hessa lives on a farm and since the spring has been growing
corn, lettuce, and grapes.

A week before the picnic both girls harvested and packed their
produce. They decided that all of their hard work deserved a reward.
They charged others for their produce. Aisha charged one dirham for
one tomato or green pepper. Hessa charged one dirham for a head
of lettuce, fifty filses for an ear of corn, and five filses for a grape.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. Aisha grew ________ for the end of summer picnic.

a. tomatoes b. corn
c. lettuce d. apples

2. Hessa grew ________ for the end of summer picnic.

a. tomatoes b. corn
c. lettuce d. both b & c

3. Where does Hessa live?

a.Dubai b. on a farm
c. in the circus d. on a boat
4. If you were to go to the picnic and buy 3 tomatoes and 3 ears of
corn from the girls, how much would it cost?

a. Dhs1.50 b. Dhs 3.50

c. Dhs 4.00 d. Dhs 4.50

5. If you were to go to the picnic and buy 1 tomato, 1 pepper, 2 ears

of corn, and 4 grapes from the girls, how much would it cost?

a. Dhs 2.20 b. Dhs 2.50

c. Dhs 3.20 d. Dhs 3.50

6. Draw a picture of the picnic.

Name ___________________ Date ______________

 The Big Run

Mary likes to run. Ever since she was in third grade she has been training
to run long distances. Now that she was in eighth grade, her parents
agreed to let her run in the Banana Classic. The Banana Classic is a ten
kilometer run. It takes place every year in Mattydale. The winners get a
lifetime supply of peanuts and fruit juice from Paul's Peanut Stand.

Mary practiced by running for ten kilometers twice a day. On the average
run, she would finish in thirty minutes. Last year's winner finished the
race in twenty-six minutes and ten seconds.

On the day of the race, Mary ran faster then she ever had in past. As she
came across the last kilometer she was in fourth place. She picked up the
pace and quickly leaped into second place, just as she could see the finish
line. She ran fast as should in a mad dash to the finish line, but she just
wasn't fast enough to get ahead of leader.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

1. About how many years have past since Mary began training for long
runs and when she ran in the Banana Classic?

a. one year b. three years

c. five years d. eight years

2. How long of a run is the Banana Classic?

a. one kilometer b. five kilometers

c. seven kilometers d. ten kilometers

3. Where is the Banana Classic held?

a. New York b. Rosendale
c. Zilldiale d. Mattydale

4. While training, what was the average amount of time it took Mary to
complete a run the same distance as the Banana Classic?

a. fifteen minutes b. thirty minutes

c. forty minutes d. one hour

5. What place did Mary finish in the Banana Classic?

a. first b. second
c. fourth d. sixth

Name ________________________ Date ____________________

The Play

Sarah was hoping to get the lead role in the upcoming school play. Last year she
played the role of Darma in the school's production of "My Favorite Day." The
audience loved her performance. She received a huge round of applause at the end of
every performance.

This year the school will be putting on a production called "My Crazy Week." Sarah
began to practice her lines three times a day for four weeks before auditions. The
week before the audition she began to practice with two friends. Sarah practiced the
part of Jane, Mike practiced the part of James, and Amanda practiced the part of
Teresa.

When the auditions started Sarah did an excellent job! Her outstanding performance
won her the role of Jane. As soon as she learned that she won the part, she ran home to
practice for opening night.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

1. What play did Sarah play the role of Darma in?

a. My Favorite Day b. My Crazy Summer

c. My Worst Day d. My Crazy Week

2. What is the lead role in the upcoming play?

a. James b. Mike
c. Teresa d. Jane

3. How long before the play did Sarah begin practicing her lines?

a. one week b. three weeks

c. four weeks d. five weeks

4. What part in the upcoming play did Mike pratice for?

a. James b. Mike
c. Teresa d. Jane

5. What part in the upcoming play did Amanda pratice for?

a. Sarah b. Amanda
c. Teresa d. Jane