Nouns - PowerPoint

Year 1 students are introduced to the concept of nouns through an engaging English Teaching Resource that focuses on identifying and categorising nouns as names of people, things, or places. The resource explains that a noun is a naming word, providing clear examples such as 'teacher' for a person, 'blackboard' for a thing, and 'classroom' for a place. The students are encouraged to think of their own examples of nouns, with prompts to consider names of people like 'girl', 'boy', 'clown', 'witch', and 'doctor', names of things such as 'carrot', 'book', 'pear', 'dog', and 'car', and names of places including 'school', 'beach', 'zoo', 'hospital', and 'bedroom'.

To reinforce understanding, the resource includes interactive activities such as sorting nouns into categories of person, thing, or place, and going on a 'noun hunt' to identify nouns in the surrounding environment. Additional exercises involve circling nouns in a list and underlining them within sentences to practice recognition skills. These activities are designed to help students familiarise themselves with nouns in various contexts, ensuring they can recognise and use nouns confidently in their reading and writing. The resource provides worksheets for these activities, along with answers for self-assessment or guided correction.