Building Words: Discovering Compound Words!

English Language Arts Grades 1st Grade 7:09 Video
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Lesson Description

Let's learn about compound words! This lesson uses the Homeschool Pop video to help you understand how two small words can join together to make a brand-new word with a different meaning. We'll practice finding and making our own compound words!

Video Resource

Compound Words for Kids | Homeschool Pop

Homeschool Pop

Duration: 7:09
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Key Concepts

  • Compound Words are two words put together.
  • Compound words create a new word with a different meaning.
  • Identifying smaller words within a larger compound word.

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to define compound words.
  • Students will be able to identify compound words from a list of words.
  • Students will be able to create compound words by combining two smaller words.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by introducing the concept of compound words. Ask students if they've ever heard of words made up of two smaller words. Tell them they are going to watch a video to learn more!
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Play the Homeschool Pop video 'Compound Words for Kids'. Encourage students to pay attention to the definition and examples of compound words.
  • Discussion (5 mins)
    After watching the video, have a class discussion about compound words. Ask students what they learned and what examples they remember from the video.
  • Activity: Compound Word Creation (10 mins)
    Divide students into pairs or small groups. Provide each group with a set of picture cards or word cards featuring simple, one-syllable words. Have them work together to create compound words by combining two cards. For example: 'sun' + 'flower' = 'sunflower'.
  • Wrap-up (3 mins)
    Review the definition of compound words and ask students to share some of the compound words they created. Reinforce that compound words are simply two smaller words that join to make a new, bigger word!

Interactive Exercises

  • Compound Word Matching
    Create matching cards with individual words that can be combined to make compound words. Students match the cards to form the compound words (e.g., 'sun' card matches with 'flower' card).
  • Compound Word Hunt
    Hide pictures of objects that represent the parts of compound words around the classroom. Students find the pictures and combine them to 'discover' compound words.

Discussion Questions

  • What is a compound word?
  • Can you think of any compound words that weren't in the video?
  • Why do you think we put two words together to make a new word?

Skills Developed

  • Vocabulary building
  • Word recognition
  • Critical thinking
  • Collaboration

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which of these is a compound word?

Correct Answer: Baseball

Question 2:

What two words make up 'sunflower'?

Correct Answer: Sun and flower

Question 3:

A 'birdhouse' is a house for...

Correct Answer: Birds

Question 4:

Which word is part of the compound word 'pancake'?

Correct Answer: Pan

Question 5:

What two words make up 'snowman'?

Correct Answer: Snow and man

Question 6:

Where do you learn in a 'classroom'?

Correct Answer: School

Question 7:

Which of these is NOT a compound word?

Correct Answer: Book

Question 8:

Which of these two words make a compound word: 'butter' and _______

Correct Answer: Fly

Question 9:

What is a 'cupcake'?

Correct Answer: Small Cake in a cup

Question 10:

Which of these two words make a compound word: 'note' and _______

Correct Answer: Paper

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

Two words put together make a _________ word.

Correct Answer: compound

Question 2:

A flower that loves the sun is called a ___________.

Correct Answer: sunflower

Question 3:

We write in a __________ at school.

Correct Answer: notebook

Question 4:

We keep our books in a ______________.

Correct Answer: backpack

Question 5:

When it's cold, we can build a ___________.

Correct Answer: snowman

Question 6:

Birds live in a ____________.

Correct Answer: birdhouse

Question 7:

If you burn the _________ on your pan, you might not want to eat it.

Correct Answer: pancake

Question 8:

We learn in the ____________ at school.

Correct Answer: classroom

Question 9:

If you drop a _________ from the sky it may hurt you!

Correct Answer: raindrop

Question 10:

Some people go to the beach to catch ___________.

Correct Answer: sunburn

Educational Standards

1.4.R.1:Students will begin to determine relationships among words, including synonyms and antonyms. 1.4.R.5:Students will acquire new grade-level vocabulary, relate new words to prior knowledge, and apply vocabulary in new situations. 1.2.PWS.1:Students will blend and decode two-phoneme and three-phoneme words.

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