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Noun and Verb Sort For First Grade

Noun and verb picture cards posted around the room send first graders walking to find each one, then writing its word under Noun or Verb on a recording sheet.
Grades
Preschool–Pre-K, Grade 1, Elementary
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Updated Oct 14, 2026

Subject
ELA, Grammar
Topic
noun printable, verb printable
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Do you need a way to get your kiddos up and moving and learning at the same time?

This Read the Room Noun, Verb sort is a great way to get your kiddos up and moving around the room during Literacy Stations or anytime.

Place the cards strategically around the room.

Tape the cards to boards, doors, windows, bulletin boards, cabinets or anywhere you think would be fun.

The children have to WALK around the looking for the cards and write the word that tells what the picture is under the correct heading.

This is a great way to reinforce nouns and verbs while enabling your students to understand these concepts of language in a fun way.

There are 48 nouns and 42 verbs.

VARIATION: Bring the Sort outside and get a little fresh air!

Here’s what is included:

☀️ 92 cards 48 noun cards with images and 42 verb cards with images.

☀️ Directions for the activity plus 2 worksheets (1 color, 1 black and white) to record the nouns and verbs found.

☀️ 4 variations of activities that can be done with the noun and verb cards. (Noun and Verb Matching, Picking Partners, Write a Sentence and VoBACKulary.

Hope this brings a little SUNSHINE your way!

Kathy

Introduce action words with this verbs worksheet before the room activity.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify nouns as people, places or things
  • Identify verbs as words that show action
  • Sort picture words into noun and verb columns

Teaching tips

  • The cards need to be taped up around the room before students start, since the activity depends on moving to find each one.

Skills covered

  • Word writing — recording each picture's word under the correct heading
  • Reading aloud — reading the completed noun and verb list to a partner

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