Nouns and Adjectives

2nd grade Language Arts lesson

As a result of this lesson…SWBAT Identify nouns in a sentence.

Choose descriptive adjectives to describe nouns.

Differentiate adjectives between a noun and a adjective.

Pre-Assessment• Circle the words that

are a person place or thing

• Raise your hand to volunteer

Fish

Swim

River

Child

Boat

Happy

Hat

Hungry

Family

Mom

Fishing Pole

Wet

Blue

Splashing

Water

Slimy

Let’s See How You DidFish

Swim

River

Child

Boat

Happy

Hat

Hungry

Family

Mom

Fishing Pole

Wet

Blue

Splashing

Water

Slimy

A NOUN is a person, place or thing…

Listen to the music and draw a small noun…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzlQ0wciXM0

Describing Words

Example, A black house An angry girl

Point to the word that describes the noun

• A fast car

• A cute kitten

• A fluffy coat

AdjectivesThe words you put in the chat box were adjectives!

An adjective describes a noun.

This video will help explain:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_qLipylis

Examples• The rainbow fish had lots of friends.

• My fat dog could not run fast.

• The caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly.

PracticeCircle the words that are adjectives:

Fish

Swim

River

Child

Boat

Happy

Hat

Hungry

Raise your hand to volunteer

FamilyMomFishing Pole WetBlueSplashingWaterSlimy

Let’s See How You Did

Fish

Swim

River

Child

Boat

Happy

Hat

Hungry

FamilyMomFishing Pole WetBlueSplashingWaterSlimy

Post-Assessmento Choose a slide to work on. Each person gets

their own slide. o Underline the adjective in each sentence with

the pen tool.o Put a green check above the nouns. (Some

sentences have more than one.)

• Kira has a tiny cat.

• Emma got an ugly frog at the store.

• The smelly pigs roll in the mu

• The cows at the farm are big.

• Unicorns are not real, but they are pretty.

• Jake got his gold necklace for his birthday.

• Alisa was good at playing football because she was fast.

• The salad had crispy lettuce.

• The children were not afraid of the little mice.

• The yellow mac and cheese was hot.

• Kelley liked the white car the best.

• Kevin played hopscotch with his best friends.

• Jade’s favorite video game has magic castles.

• Brett listens music on the long drive toschool. • Peter baked a chocolate cake.• Maddi rides the scary roller-coaster.

Extensive Activity

• What word would you use to describe 1st grade?

• For homework, draw a picture of what you did over the weekend.

• Write a sentence about the picture that has an adjective.

Miss Slocum spent her enjoyable weekend at a swim meet.

References

• “Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar - Unpack Your Adjectives Music Video.” 3:23. YouTube Video. Posted by Disney Educational Productions. Dec. 6, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs