Week 8 Assignment # 3

Candidate’s Name: Kylie Hubbard

Grade Level: 3rd Grade

Title of the lesson: Noun Practice With Poems  

Length of the lesson: 2- 45 minutes sessions

Central focus: Students will practice identifying nouns in a poem. Students will underline noun in the poem, then on top they will write if the noun is a person, place, or thing. Knowledge of students: Students will have an understanding of nouns.

Key questions: Who can remind me what a noun is? Will we also see all types of nouns in a sentence? What type of a noun gets a capital letter at the beginning of it? What is the difference between a noun and a proper noun? When do we use them? Who has heard of Shel Silverstein? Many students have experiences identifying words in and out of school. They should be familiar with the how to identify the types of nouns.

Common Core State Standards Conventions of Standard English: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.A Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. Fluency: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.A Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.B Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

Support literacy development through language This lesson will help to reinforce the types of nouns and identifying them in text. Vocabulary ●      Noun: Person, Place, Thing, Proper Noun: Taco Bell, M&M’s, Pokémon.  Sentence Level ●       Sentence structure will include: a subject, verb, and object. Discourse ●     Students will work to identify plurals and similar looking words.

Learning objectives Students will be able to identify the nouns in the poem. Students will be able to use the identified nouns to create a “Silly Sentence” of their own.

Formal and Informal assessment Were students able to identify their nouns in the various poems? Were students able to identify the difference between a noun and proper noun? Were students able to complete a “Silly Sentence” with their identified words?

Instructional procedure: Day 1: The teacher will start the lesson by reviewing the key questions. Students will watch a short animated video of one of Shel Silverstein’s poems being read. Eight Balloons The students will be given a worksheet of the poem to follow along with as the video is watched again. After the students have finished watching it for a second time, the teacher will instruct the students to read through it on their own. They will be instructed to not do anything else. Once the students have finished reading it independently, the teacher will pair the students up to identify the nouns together in the poem. The students will underline the nouns and identifying if their type: person, place, or thing. The teacher will use the Smart Board to project her copy of the poem. As a class, the students will be asked to come to the Smart Board and underline the nouns. They will also be asked to identify which type the nouns are, and write that on the Smart Board as well. After the students have completely identified all nouns from Eight Balloons, the students will work independently to complete the next poem: Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich. Students will have roughly 5-8 minutes to complete this. As a class, we will come back together and identify the nouns in the same format, as we will with Eight Balloons. Day 2: 1.     As a class, we will review the previous days activities. 2.     Students will be instructed to use the nouns that were identified in both poems, to create their own story. They are allowed to use other words to help structure the sentence. 3.     To assist the students, they may use their worksheets for reference. Alternatively, they can reference the word list on the Smart Board. 4.     When the students are finished, they will share their stories with the class.

Materials: ·       Worksheets 1.     Eight Balloons 2.     Recipe for a Hippopotamus ·       Computer ·       Internet ·       http://www.shelsilverstein.com/books/#animations (Eight Balloons) ·       Pencil ·       Paper ·       Smart Board ·       Projector

Reflection Were students able to identify their noun? Were the students able to determine the difference between a proper noun and noun? Were students willing to come to the Smart Board and participate? Were students able to create a story with their noun list?

 Common Nouns                                                                                         Mrs. Hubbard

  

Name: _______________________ Date: __________

What is a noun? Person, Place, OR Thing

Directions: Underline the nouns, and then write if it is a person, place, or thing on top.

Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich, by Shel Silverstein

1.  A hippo sandwich is easy to make.

2.  All you do is simply take

3.  One slice of bread,

4.  One slice of cake,

5.  Some mayonnaise

6.  One onion ring,

7.  One hippopotamus

8.  One piece of string,

9.  A dash of pepper –

10.  That ought to do it.

11.  And now comes the problem…

12.  Biting into it!

 Common Nouns                                                                                         Mrs. Hubbard

Name: _______________________ Date: __________

What is a noun? Person, Place, OR Thing

Directions: Underline the nouns, and then write if it is a person, place, or thing on top.

Eight Balloons, by Shel Silverstein

Eight balloons no one was buyin'

All broke loose one afternoon.

Eight balloons with strings a-flyin',

Free to do what they wanted to.

One flew up to touch the sun - POP!

One thought highways might be fun - POP!

One took a nap in a cactus pile - POP!

One stayed to play with a careless child - POP!

One tried to taste some bacon fryin' - POP!

One fell in love with a porcupine - POP!

One looked close in a crocodile's mouth - POP!

One sat around 'til his air ran out - WHOOSH!

Eight balloons no one was buyin' -

They broke loose and away they flew,

Free to float and free to fly

And free to pop where they wanted to.