Form plural nouns, verbs, and possessives, including irregular plural nouns and
verbs.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
L.3.1.B
Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
Arizona Academic Standards:
3.L.1.b
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.L.3.1b
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE3L1b
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
L.3.1.b
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
L.3.1b
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
Tennessee Academic Standards:
3.FL.SC.6.b
Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
L.3.1.b
Form and use frequently occurring regular and irregular plural nouns
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
L.3.5.a
irregular and regular nouns and verbs,
Arizona Academic Standards:
3.L.1.c
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.L.3.1c
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE3L1c
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
L.3.1.c
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
L.3.1c
Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:
L.3.1.f
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
Tennessee Academic Standards:
3.FL.SC.6.c
Use abstract nouns.
Ohio's Learning Standards:
L.3.1.c
Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.3.F
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E03.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
E03.D.1.1.2 - Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
E03.D.1.1.3 - Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
E03.D.1.1.4 - Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
E03.D.1.1.5 - Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
E03.D.1.1.6 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. *
E03.D.1.1.7 - Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
E03.D.1.1.8 - Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
E03.D.1.1.9 - Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
E03.D.1.2.1 - Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
E03.D.1.2.2 -Use commas in addresses.
E03.D.1.2.3 - Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
E03.D.1.2.4 - Form and use possessives.
E03.D.1.2.5 - Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
E03.D.1.2.6 - Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.3.L
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling
E03.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
E03.D.1.1.2 - Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
E03.D.1.1.3 - Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
E03.D.1.1.4 - Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
E03.D.1.1.5 - Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
E03.D.1.1.6 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. *
E03.D.1.1.7 - Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
E03.D.1.1.8 - Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
E03.D.1.1.9 - Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
E03.D.1.2.1 - Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
E03.D.1.2.2 -Use commas in addresses.
E03.D.1.2.3 - Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
E03.D.1.2.4 - Form and use possessives.
E03.D.1.2.5 - Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
E03.D.1.2.6 - Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.3.R
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E03.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
E03.D.1.1.2 - Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
E03.D.1.1.3 - Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
E03.D.1.1.4 - Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
E03.D.1.1.5 - Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
E03.D.1.1.6 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. *
E03.D.1.1.7 - Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
E03.D.1.1.8 - Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
E03.D.1.1.9 - Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
E03.D.1.2.1 - Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
E03.D.1.2.2 -Use commas in addresses.
E03.D.1.2.3 - Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
E03.D.1.2.4 - Form and use possessives.
E03.D.1.2.5 - Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
E03.D.1.2.6 - Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.3.C.3.1
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.L.1.S
Use abstract nouns (e.g., justice, freedom).
3rd Grade Writing - Nouns Lesson
Noun
A noun is an idea, a place, a person, or a thing.
Plural nouns are formed by adding an "-s" to the end of the word.
ball → balls
house → houses
book → books
Irregular plural nouns have different rules. Here are some rules for irregular plural nouns.
Word
Rule
Plural Form Example
Ends in ch, sh, x, o, ss
word+es
class-classes
Ends in y
word-y+ies
puppy-puppies
Ends in f
word-f+ves
loaf-loaves
Word with “oo”
change “oo” to “ee”
foot-feet
Abstract nouns name things you cannot touch or see. For example, the words love, hope, joy, laughter are abstract nouns.
Many abstract nouns are formed by adding a prefix to a concrete noun. A concrete noun names things you can touch or see, like a book.
For example: friend+ship =friendship, child+hood=childhood.