Naming words/ Nouns

Curriculum details

Strand

Using Writing Conventions/ Grammar Usage (Strand 5)

Sub-strand

Naming words/ Nouns (5.3)

Content standard

B4.5.3.1 - Apply knowledge of different types of nouns in communication

Indicator

B4.5.3.1.2 - Identify and use:

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 8 (Week 32 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Source document note

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• exemplars - p.59

Curriculum reference

English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 59

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Proper nouns - refer to cities and countries
- Common nouns
Proper nouns
- Have learners read simple sentences with names of cities and countries from the board.
- Put learners into groups to identify the names of cities and countries.
- Have learners identify proper nouns from paragraphs/passages.
- Have learners form sentences with names of other cities and countries.
Common nouns
- Introduce common nouns in context.
- Have learners read simple sentences with common nouns from the board.
- Put learners into groups to identify the common nouns.
- Have learners identify common nouns from paragraphs/passages. Have learners form sentences with the common nouns identified The document prints a dash with no text beside it between "Common nouns" in the indicator's list and the exemplars; it is dropped here. "Proper nouns" and "Common nouns" on their own lines are the document's headings inside the exemplar block.