Teaching Resource

Grammar Game - Name That Noun!

PDF | 6 pages|Grades: 1 - 3

A fun game for students to play in small groups to reinforce their understanding of nouns.

Students will love challenging each other using this fun, engaging grammar game. Perfect for use during writing centers!

Print out the score sheets and letter cards on cardstock. Four different versions of the score sheets are included to provide variety for repeated play. Slip the score sheets into dry erase pockets so that students can write on them with a dry erase marker and then wipe clean when they are done.

A letter card is flipped over at the beginning of each round. Students must use this letter to write nouns next to every category on their score sheet within a limited time period, e.g., one minute. Students then compare their responses to the other players in the group and allocate points according to the rules set out on the instruction page.

More comprehensive instructions on how to play the game are included in the resource.

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.B
Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
In Grade 1 English Language Arts Standards Language Conventions of Standard English CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.B
Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
In Grade 2 English Language Arts Standards Language Conventions of Standard English CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.B
Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Language Conventions of Standard English CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1

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We have changed a few of the categories on the score sheets.
Change by Natalie Jul 28th, 2020

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