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Guess a Noun WorksheetGuess a Noun Worksheet
Publisher
K12 Reader
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Grade
3rd - 4th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
15 mins
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Year
2011
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Guess a Noun

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Can you figure it out? A activity challenges grammarians to read 28 descriptions and guess what noun each one is describing. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

Grammar, parts of speech, nouns, guessing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have worksheets printed and ready to complete when learners finish tasks early
  • Write descriptions onto flashcards and quiz pupils orally 
  • After they have finished, direct scholars to the answer key to check their work

Classroom Considerations

  • Class members should be familiar with nouns

Pros

  • An answer key is provided 
  • The objective comes with a backstory 

Cons

  • The page is not formatted correctlly—lines to write nouns do not align with the descriptions 

Common Core

L.3.1.a L.4.1.a

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