Grade 1 · Lesson 13 — Finding nouns inside a sentence

U1 · Level One — Parts of Speech · Nouns · student sheet is G1_L13_Worksheet.html
Ask the question, then answer. Noun: “Can I put “the” in front of it?”

How we did it together — keep looking at this

Lookatthebus.1Ask: Can I put “the” in front of it?2Try it — “the bus” ✓ — so “bus” is a noun.Same steps every time. The marks stay.
Before you mark: Starts with one noun per sentence and moves to two within the lesson — the book does not linger here and neither should we.
  1. Find the noun.
    The teacher opened the door.
    the noun in “The teacher opened the door.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the noun.
    My brother rode the bus.
    the noun in “My brother rode the bus.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the noun.
    The cat sat on the chair.
    the noun in “The cat sat on the chair.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the noun.
    A boy dropped his pencil.
    the noun in “A boy dropped his pencil.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the noun.
    The girl reads a book.
    the noun in “The girl reads a book.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the noun.
    My mother filled the cup.
    the noun in “My mother filled the cup.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Given a sentence with two nouns — one concrete, one idea — the child finds both and justifies at least one with the spot test rather than by pointing at what it means.
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