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📏 Tip: Look for two small words inside a long word. raincoat = rain + coat.
1) Read These Compound Words 🗣️
Read each word out loud. Can you spot the two parts?
Things
- raincoat
- toothbrush
- popcorn
- pancake
Places & Times
- playground
- classroom
- bedtime
- daytime
2) Split the Compound Word ✂️
Write the two small words that make each big word.
- 1. raincoat = +
- 2. toothbrush = +
- 3. popcorn = +
- 4. pancake = +
- 5. playground = +
- 6. classroom = +
- 7. bedtime = +
- 8. daytime = +
3) Spot the Compound Word 🔍
Circle the compound word you find in each sentence.
- 1. I wore my raincoat outside.
- 2. She keeps her toothbrush by the sink.
- 3. We ate popcorn at the movies.
- 4. Mom made a pancake for breakfast.
- 5. The kids ran to the playground.
- 6. Our classroom has twenty desks.
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4) Build a New Word ✏️
Pick one word from each box to make a real compound word.
Second
- brush
- corn
- truck
- ground
- time
- light
Write four real compound words you can build:
5) Fill in the Blank ✏️
Choose from the word bank.
raincoattoothbrushpopcornplaygroundclassroombedtime
- 1. I wear my when it rains.
- 2. Brush your teeth with a .
- 3. We eat at the movies.
- 4. We play tag at the .
- 5. My desk is in our .
- 6. At , I read a story.
Ex.2: rain+coat, tooth+brush, pop+corn, pan+cake, play+ground, class+room, bed+time, day+time · Ex.3: raincoat, toothbrush, popcorn, pancake, playground, classroom · Ex.4 (samples): firetruck, toothbrush, popcorn, playground, bedtime, daylight · Ex.5: 1) raincoat · 2) toothbrush · 3) popcorn · 4) playground · 5) classroom · 6) bedtime