Darcy Thompson
Student Teaching Lesson Plan
Grade 1 – Language Arts
Title: Nouns – Person, Place, or Thing – Common, Proper, or Possessive
Context:
 The students will build on their knowledge of nouns as the naming part of a sentence - a person, place, or a thing.
 The students will learn that nouns may be common, proper, or possessive.
 Learning about nouns is part of the first grade curriculum.
 This lesson supports the teaching in the basal reader.
Time allowed: 30 – 45 minutes
Standards:
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy In
History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects
1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. b. Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
Objectives:
In this lesson students will realize that nouns may be named and are parts of real life by exploring the classroom environment. The students will begin to identify nouns found in literature and in sentences through the exploration of “The Snowy
Day” by Ezra Jack Keats.
The students will build on their knowledge of a noun as a person, place or thing in learning that a noun may be common, proper, or possessive. This will be accomplished through group learning, and by completing a worksheet by the end of the lesson.
Materials:
“The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats
“The Snowy Day Claymation” YouTube Video by NOTITpopart
Noun Scavenger Hunt worksheet for each student
Noun Snowman worksheets for each student
Clipboard for each student

Pencil for each student
Color crayons
Smart board and Internet to show Youtube video
Chart paper on whiteboard in meeting area
Colored Markers for teacher to use on chart paper
 Students will be engaged through the scavenger hunt, the reading of the story, and the Youtube video of the story.
 Students will apply the skills they have learned by completing the Noun
Snowman worksheet.
 The students will build on previous knowledge in this lesson.
 High - level students will apply their new skills by writing sentences. Lower level students will be assisted in performing the new skills by working cooperatively in this lesson.
 Students will group at the meeting area for learning as well as moving to their desks for seatwork.
 This lesson is appropriate for the beginning of the winter season - as students have recently enjoyed the first snowy day of the year. The students will connect with their previous experiences.
Instructional Procedures:
Opening:
At the beginning of the lesson the students will meet in the group meeting area. The teacher will tell the students that they are going on a silent noun scavenger hunt around the classroom. They will be looking for things that can be named such as a person, a place, or a thing. The students will be instructed to pick up a clipboard, pencil and noun scavenger hunt worksheet. The students will be given 5 minutes to walk around the room to spy nouns that they see. They may use sound spelling to write the nouns on their sheet. The students will be reminded that they must work silently.
After 3-5 minutes the students will be called back to the meeting area.
Engagement:
The teacher will remind the students that a noun is a person, place, or thing. As a group activity the students will name the nouns they found. The students will name the column to place the noun – person, place, or thing. The teacher will record them on the chart paper.

On Chart Paper:

 The students will be asked to share the nouns they found on the scavenger hunt. The nouns will be written on the chart paper.
 The teacher will monitor the students learning by ensuring all students the opportunity to share during the brainstorming period. The teacher will ask for students who have not given an answer to share.
 The teacher will call on students who are modeling appropriate group behavior.
The teacher will introduce common, proper and possessive nouns.
A common noun names general items.
Proper nouns name specific things; they do require capitalization.
A possessive noun shows what someone owns. It has an apostrophe and an “s.”
The students will name common, proper, and possessive nouns from their scavenger hunt sheets to be written on chart paper.
At the completion of the sharing and charting nouns the teacher will remind the students of the recent snowy day – and those that are yet to come this winter.
The students will listen to the teacher read “The Snowy Day.” At the completion of the reading the students will move to their desks for seatwork.
The students will work the snowman worksheet – person, place, or thing. As a whole group the students will be guided in working the snowman worksheet – common, proper, and possessive nouns. The teacher will allow the students to work the bonus section on the back of the paper, and to color the snowman picture, as time permits.
Closure:
The students will be given opportunity to read the sentences they have written to the class. They will tell which words they have circled.
To end the lesson the Youtube video of “The Snowy Day Claymation” will be shown.
Assessment:
The students will be formatively assessed in their participation of the scavenger hunt – in their participation in the group noun exploration activities, and in their work during the seatwork time.

The students’ worksheets will provide a summative assessment. The teacher will use the snowman worksheets to comment on the student understanding of the concepts of the lesson.