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Nouns in a Story

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Learners, assessing a variety of formatting tools with Microsoft Word, utilize a bank of vocabulary words to make a personal dictionary of nouns. They classify nouns for people, places, things and ideas and separate them into common and proper nouns as well. In addition, they analyze a variety of spelling strategies to assist them in their project.

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common nouns, nouns, parts of speech

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common nouns, proper nouns, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
14 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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