What is a noun?
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: K
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: Nouns
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn about nouns. Nouns include a person, place, or thing. Students will then be able to identify nouns within a sentence and practice this skill through the quiz and additional educational resources.

  • Other ELAGSEKL1.b: Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
Video : What is a Noun
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Quiz : Identifying nouns
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1
A noun is a person, place, or thing?
Question #2
Australia is a noun.
Question #3
Purple is a noun.
Question #4
A banana is a noun.
Question #5

Identify the noun in the following sentence:

I walked to the store.

Question #6

Identify the noun in the following sentence:

The dog is running fast.

Question #7

Identify the noun in the following sentence:

We traveled to Mexico for vacation

Question #8

A teacher is a .....?

Question #9

A computer is a....?

Question #10

My house is a...?

Resources : Understanding nouns
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
What is a Noun Song -Jack Hartmann
A song for learning about what nouns are.
Identifying nouns game
Select nouns on game to practice identifying nouns.
Kids Block Nouns Episode
Learn about nouns in this educational video.