A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? (Words Are CATegorical ®)

Explain what a noun is before you read the book. Then ask the students if the nouns look different in the book. Ask them to write about their favorit noun and then at the top write what they think a noun is.

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LibraryThing member meallen1

This book is informational because it defines a noun. The illustrations in this book are drawn in color pencil or crayon. The content includes what a noun is and what words are nouns. The reading level for this book is first grade because the words are written really big and there aren't very many

words on a page. The curricular connection is language because it is about parts of speech, specifically nouns.

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LibraryThing member msequeira06

Explains what a noun is. Also gives multiple examples. Presented in a rhyming scheme. Words that are nouns are in different colors to stand out. Genre: Informational book because strictly giving facts and examples of what a noun is. All characters in this book are flat because they only appear

once. Media: Colored pencils.

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LibraryThing member Jrstoner

This is a good book. It rhymes and is full of nouns which are highlighted in different colors so students can tell the nouns apart from the other words in the book. It's a funny book and there is no story line but it does show children what a noun is.

LibraryThing member pamcclak

Learn about nouns with this fun and colorful rhyming picture book.

LibraryThing member april.doolan

Summary: This book defines what a noun is in a fun way for children, it gives different forms of nouns and what they all are.
Personal Reaction: this book would be a good use for teaching.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book in a lesson about nouns.
2. I would make children find a word

that was a noun, and learn how to spell it.

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LibraryThing member matthewbloome

Does its job quite well. I enjoyed it a lot and the mention of proper nouns was a nice addition to the text. Good book.

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