I Strongly Dislike Worksheets!

I can't stand worksheets.  There.  I said it.  I would rather see my students apply skills in other ways than just fill in a bunch of blanks on silly worksheets.  As such, my team and I try to think of ways that we can have our little avocados practice skills apart from those dreaded worksheets.  Here's just one way we do that...Proper Noun Jot Down.  The concept is really simple.  Kids turn over a proper noun card and use it correctly in a sentence.  My students L♥VE doing this station because they are able to create some awesome sentences.  And I l♥ve this station because I can easily differentiate it for various levels.

The preparation for this word work station is rather simple.  Print the proper noun cards onto cardstock.  (There are two pages of cards for a total of 24 cards.)  Laminate them and then cut them out.  I store each set in a snack-size Ziploc bag, and I made 8 sets.  Of course you can make as many sets as you'd like.  Also, I put a copy of the first page with the directions at this station in case my little bean burritos forget the instructions.  Easy peasey, lemon squeezy!

One last note...I live in Texas, so some of the proper nouns are indigenous to my great state.  If you'd like the Word version of this station so you can make any necessary changes to proper nouns that might be more recognizable to your students, just leave me a comment with your email.  

Oh, one more word...well, really, this one would be a note.  Here's a Proper Noun song: 

Tune: “If You're Happy and You Know It”

A noun is a person, place or thing.
A noun is a person, place or thing.
A common noun is general.
And a proper noun's specific.
A noun is a person, place or thing.