Free 5th Grade Pro Nouns Letters Lesson Plan

Topic: Pro nouns letters

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and use proper nouns in their writing.

Materials

• Whiteboard and markers
• Handout with examples of proper nouns (e.g. Jennifer, Chicago, President Obama)
• Writing prompt (optional)

Warm-up

• Ask students if they can name some places they have been or know about. Write their responses on the board.
• Ask students if they can name some people they know or have heard of. Write their responses on the board.
• Ask students if they can name any proper nouns they know of.

Direct Instruction

• Define proper nouns as names that uniquely identify a person, place, or thing.
• Review the list of proper nouns on the board and ask students if they can remember what makes them unique and special.
• Introduce the list of proper nouns that will be used in the activity and explain their purpose.

Guided Practice

• Divide students into small groups and give each group a set of proper noun worksheets.
• Have students work together to identify the proper nouns on their worksheets and write them down on the corresponding blank lines.
• Go over the answers as a class and have students explain their reasoning for each identification.

Independent Practice

• Give each student a separate sheet of proper noun worksheets and have them work individually to identify the proper nouns on the worksheets.
• Encourage students to use context clues and other methods to support their identification of each proper noun.
• Have students document their identifications on the corresponding blank lines on the worksheets.

Closure

• Ask students to share any challenges they encountered during the independent practice activity and how they were able to overcome them.
• Review the key concepts learned during the lesson and ask students to provide examples of proper nouns and how they can be identified based on context clues.

Assessment

• Observe students during the independent practice activity and provide feedback on their ability to correctly identify and classify proper nouns.
• Collect and assess the completed worksheets or projects to check for understanding of the key concepts covered in the lesson.