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Compound Words
Enhance your lesson on compound words with this colorful PowerPoint. This presentation defines a compound word, lists various examples, as well as includes a class activity and assignment. Note: During the reading activity, have students...
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Lesson 10 - Compound Words
Individually, words have power, but when added together, they can take on a whole other level of meaning. Readers learn about compound words in the 10th of 17 lessons of the Word Recognition and Fluency series. A script provides guidance...
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Compound Words - Individual Activities
In these compound word worksheets, students engage in numerous activities to reinforce what they have learned about compound words. Nine worksheet provide various means of reinforcing the concept including word puzzles and...
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Compounding the Problem
Pupils sharpen their dictionary skills and their understanding of compound words in this plan. Tailor it to the grade level you teach by honing in on specific skills. For older learners, the plan suggests providing a word and having them...
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Advanced Phonics: Morpheme Structures, Compound Construction
A phonics lesson focuses on morpheme structures—compound words. Pairs choose letter cards, identify a compound word that starts with that letter and write it on a whiteboard. Extension opportunities include additional practice pages.
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English Skills Worksheet 6.200
There are six word exercises provided here, although they're not necessarily linked together. The first short practice asks learners to give compound words that use the list of words provided. The second asks learners to identify...
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Identify the Compound Words
For this compound words activity worksheet, students examine the 10 sets of words in rows and circle the compound word in each row.
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Subtracting Suffixes
Take it off! Take what off? Take off the suffixes to create new words! Learners build vocabulary and spelling skills as they remove the suffixes from 20 different words. This activity can help learners begin to recognize roots, compound...
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Compound Word Games
Young scholars build compound words out of two separate words using a variety of activities. In this compound word lesson plan, students practice building compound words using word cards. These word cards can be used in a variety of...
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Compound Words Crossword Puzzle
In this compound words activity worksheet, students use the 17 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Word Sort
In this word sorting activity worksheet, students look through a story they have read and identify compound words, long e words, verbs, adjective, short a words, contractions, words with wh, feeling words, and words with -ing in the...
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Compound Word Matching Wordsheet
In this compound word worksheet, students match 5 sets of words to make compound words. They write the newly formed compound words on lines below the matching activity.
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Compound Word Challenge
In this compound word worksheet, students read a list of words, then combine words from the list to make compound words. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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Lesson Two - Compound Words
Students complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature lesson, students read chapter two and complete attached activities. They list the compound words they find and study new vocabulary.
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Compound Words
In this online interactive compound words learning exercise, students respond to 18 fill in the blank questions by writing compound words for the 18 short definitions.
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Prefixes Aplenty
Introduce several new prefixes to your vocabulary lesson. After alphabetizing 19 prefixes, including pro-, geo-, and thermo, third graders use a dictionary to find one word that begins with each prefix. Extend the activity by having kids...
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Gettin' Through Thursday
Have your class explore active reading strategies! In this guided reading lesson, learners make personal connections to characters having a bad day as a prior knowledge activation discussion. After reading Gettin' Through Thursday, class...
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Vocabulary Building
A fabulous language arts lesson has readers focus on the vocabulary in the key words, expand and build new vocabulary, and practice three grammar concepts. They recognize key words as they relate to communicating at work. Pupils build...
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Compound Words
In this compound words activity, learners use the word list to create as many compounds words as possible. Students then make up their own list of compound words. Learners may finish with an extension activity for compound words.
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Compound Words
In these word building worksheets, students complete 3 worksheets of activities for compound words. Students learn to spell and build compound words.
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Home Spelling Practice: Compound Words
For this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 compound words. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional activities to do at home with these words.
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Spelling Activities
Use this list of spelling activities all year long to help your class spell each week's list of words! This list provides 12 different ways for class members to practice their spelling. Learners identify vowels, consonants, synonyms, and...
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Compounds
In these compounds worksheets, students complete 3 worksheets of activities for compound words. Students learn to spell and build compound words.
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Compounds
In this compound words worksheet, learners explore words with more than one syllable. Students rewrite the twenty words and write a paragraph using as many of the twenty words as possible.