Free printable proper noun worksheets for elementary students! Below, you’ll find charts, activities, games, and teaching resources plus helpful proper noun examples, word lists, and tons of fun! Grab these simple proper noun activity pages, PDF worksheets, and learning centers for your kindergarten, first, second, and third-grade classroom. Pair these with our First Grade Reading Curriculum today!
Proper Nouns Word List
Free printable nouns word list for student reference charts. This helpful tool can help young readers and writers with identifying proper nouns. Students will have examples of proper nouns for people, places, and things.
What is a Proper Noun?
A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Unlike common nouns, proper nouns are always capitalized and refer to unique entities rather than general categories. Proper nouns are essential for precise communication and often carry cultural or historical significance.
“A proper noun is a specific person, place or thing.”
Proper Nouns Anchor Chart
Free printable nouns anchor chart for students learning to identify proper nouns. This anchor chart reads, “A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing.” and will make a simple reference chart for your youngest learners in kindergarten and first grade.
Proper Nouns Worksheets
Free printable proper nouns worksheets and printable activity pages for students learning all about specific nouns.
Proper Nouns A-Z Worksheet
Students can show what they know with this engaging A-Z brainstorming worksheet. For each letter of the alphabet, encourage students to write a proper noun. A few images are there to help get them started. Help them to remember these are proper nouns and not common nouns (avoid generalism) and think of the more specific words.
Proper Nouns Fill-in-the-Blank Worksheet
Free printable fill-in-the-blank nouns worksheet for students learning to use nouns in sentences. Instruct students to choose the best word from the given noun word bank to complete each sentence. This is perfect for early writing practice for kids!
Cut & Paste Proper Noun Worksheet
Students cut out the proper noun words and sort them into categories by common or proper. Classifying nouns into groups is an important skill for early elementary students as they build their grammar portfolio. This is a simple way to help reinforce the difference between common and proper nouns.
Proper Nouns Sorting Worksheet
Students follow the prompts to brainstorm a list of proper nouns for each category. For example students are asked to list nouns at the zoo, or nouns that start with letter t. This is a great way to get your students thinking about the specific nouns all around them, including the classroom!
Proper Nouns Sentence Worksheet
Once students have a handle on the definition of a proper noun, they can put their skills to the test with these simple proper noun sentences. Each sentence includes multiple proper nouns: person, place, or thing. Students must read each sentence, then underline, circle, or cross out the proper nouns following the guide.
Proper Nouns Activity Page
Break out the Bingo dot markers for this fun simple proper nouns activity page. Students dab their way through the maze, only landing on proper nouns along the way. This is a fun, hands-on activity for learning to identify proper nouns.
Proper Nouns Activity Page
This proper nouns worksheet allows students to choose which person, place, or thing is a specific noun. Students will then need to write the proper noun correctly on the line – be sure to capitalize the proper nouns! This is the perfect practice page to prepare students for writing prompt work!
Proper Nouns Matching Page
A fun proper and common noun matching page for students. Your young learners will enjoy matching general common nouns with the specific proper nouns.
Proper Noun Games & Learning Centers
Below you’ll find fun and free printable games, learning centers and mats you can use to help your students learn to classify and sort proper nouns. Using our people, place, and things cards along with our universal learning mats, you’ll be able to create simple, reusable materials for your classroom.
Common and Proper Nouns Learning Mat
This free common and proper noun learning mat makes it easy and fun to match common noun flashcards with proper noun flashcards (below).
Proper Nouns Card Set
Print this set of title cards to use as category classifiers for our proper noun flashcards. Students can sort the cards into groups: specific people, places, and things.
Proper Nouns Flashcards Set 1
These proper noun cards feature 12 unique cards for students to learn, including Emma, Aztec, Grand Canyon, Michael, April, Harry Potter, Christmas, Ice Age, Statue of Liberty, Independence Day, Olympics, and Roman.
Proper Nouns Flashcards Set 2
12 free printable cards for students learning proper nouns. Features The Alamo, Discovery Shuttle, Mount Rushmore, Harriet Tubman, iPhone, Hansel, Golden Gage Bridge, Spirit of St. Louis, Niagra Falls, Florida, Shetland Pony, Sacajawea.
Proper Nouns Flashcards Set 3
12 free printable cards for students learning proper nouns. Features Dr. Smith, Goldilocks, Johnny Appleseed, Coca-Cola, Albert Einstein, Nike, Helen, Keller, Jolly Ranchers, Wright Brothers, Dyson, Jack, Basmati.
Proper Nouns Flashcards Set 4
12 free printable cards for students learning proper nouns. Features Samuel High School, Myrtle Beach, Planet Pizza, Smith Park, St. Louis Zoo, Hope Church, McIntosh Apple, Red Rooster Farm, Van Gogh Museum, Kroger, Honda, Hamilton Hospital.
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