Free printable common noun worksheets, charts, activities, games, and teaching resources for elementary students. Below you’ll find common noun examples, word lists, and tons of fun simple 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!
Common Nouns Chart
Free printable common nouns chart or poster for your classroom. This colorful nouns chart provides students with simple, easy references and examples of common nouns. Pair these with our free parts of speech charts for a complete unit.
Common Nouns Word List
Free printable nouns word list for student reference charts. This helpful tool can help young readers and writers with identifying simple nouns.
What is a Common Noun?
A common noun (sometimes called a simple noun, or noun) is a word that names a general person, place, thing, or idea. It doesn’t refer to anything or anyone specific and is not capitalized unless it’s at the beginning of a sentence. The simplest way to teach common nouns is to help your students memorize the following definitions;
“A noun is a person, place or thing.”
Nouns Anchor Chart / Poster
Free printable nouns anchor chart for students learning to identify common nouns. This anchor chart reads, “A noun is a person, place, or thing.” and will make a simple reference chart for your youngest learners in kindergarten and first grade.
This provides a easy to learn tool for concrete nouns (nouns that are physical) and you can add in abstract nouns (ideas) during late elementary after students have a solid grasp of nouns and other mechanics of grammar. We’ve provided printable charts for both levels so you can chose the most appropriate for your student.
“A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.”
Nouns Anchor Chart / Poster
Free printable nouns anchor chart for students learning to identify common nouns. This anchor chart reads, “A noun is a person, place, or thing, or idea” and will make a simple reference chart for your late elementary students who are learning concrete and abstract nouns.
Common Nouns Worksheets
Free printable common nouns worksheets and printable activity pages for students learning all about simple nouns.
Common Nouns A-Z Worksheet
Students can show what they know with this simple A-Z brainstorming worksheet. For each letter of the alphabet, encourage students to write a simple noun. A few images are there to help get them started. Help them to remember, these are common nouns and not proper nouns (avoid specific names, places) and think of the more general word.
Common 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 chose the best word from the given noun word bank to complete each sentence. Tip: For extra silliness and engagement, have them read the sentence with each word aloud. This is sure to provide some funny combinations!
Cut & Paste Noun Sorting Worksheet
Students cut out the noun words and sort them into categories by person, place, or thing. Classification of 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 person, place, or thing.
Simple Nouns Brainstorming Worksheet
Students follow the prompts to brainstorm a list of common nouns for each category. For example students are asked to list nouns at school, or nouns that start with letter s. This is a great way to get your students thinking about the nouns all around them, including the classroom!
Common Nouns Sentence Worksheet
Once students have a handle on the definition of a common noun, they can but their skills to the test with these simple common noun sentences. Each sentence includes multiple common nouns, either a person, place, or thing. Students must read each sentence then underline, circle, or cross out the nouns following the guide.
Common Nouns Activity Page
Break out the Bingo dot markers for this fun simple nouns activity page. Students dab their way through the maze only landing on common nouns along the way. This if a fun, hands-on activity for learning to identify basic nouns.
Common 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 common nouns. Using our people, place, and things cards along with our universal learning mats, you’ll be able to create simple, reuable materials for your classroom.
People, Places, & Things
Print these set of title cards to use as category classifiers for our common noun flashcards. Students can sort the cards into groups: people, places, and things.
Common Nouns Flashcards (People)
This set of cards features 12 different common nouns of people: teacher, chef, librarian, doctor, farmer, scientist, clerk, nurse, zoo keeper, firefighter, police officer, and banker.
Common Nouns Flashcards (Places)
These common noun cards feature 12 unique places for students to learn including school, beach, restaurant, park, zoo, church, home, farm, museum, store, hospital, and garden.
Common Nouns Flashcards (Things)
12 free printable cards for students learning simple nouns. Features book, apple, cat, ball, shoe, dog, chair, car, tree, pencil, flower, and frog.
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