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Sorting Nouns Worksheet

A noun-sorting page asks learners to classify a mixed word bank into person, place, animal, and thing categories.
Grades
Grades 1–3, Elementary
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Updated Aug 03, 2021

Subject
ELA, Grammar
Topic
Parts of Speech, sorting nouns
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Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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This Sorting Nouns Worksheet is a great way for students to sort examples of nouns into categories to gain a better understanding of parts of speech. This activity is perfect for small groups, centers, or whole class instruction.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Sort nouns by the kind of entity they name

  • Distinguish people and places from animals and objects

Teaching tips

  • Read every bank word before beginning the categories.

  • Review any disputed noun by asking what kind of entity it names. Practice separating animals from other things with this four-category noun sort.

Skills covered

  • Noun identification — recognizing naming words

  • Semantic classification — grouping nouns into four types

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Core concepts

  • Types of nouns

  • Person, place, animal, and thing

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