Compound Connections

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Use the Teacher Modeling Foldables to show your students how two words can be used to create a larger compound word. Refer to the Teacher Modeling Demo for guidance.
• Prior to the lesson, cut and fold all of the cards in half, and place them in a plastic bag. During the lesson, take out each card one at a time.
• Begin by showing the students one side of the card. Read the word aloud. Flip the card over and show the other side of the card. Again, read the word aloud. Open the card to reveal the two connected words, and read the new compound word.
• Model the use of the compound word in a sentence. For example, with the word rainbow, possible sentences include: I see a rainbow outside and The rainbow is pretty.

Guided Practice

• With the SMART Board file, show the selected words and lead the students in the compound word clap. Have your students say the first word and raise up one hand to represent that word.
• Next, ask your students to guess which word they can add to the first word to make a new, real word. After the students have guessed, invite a student to come up and tap the box by the word, making a new word appear.
• This time, have your students hold up their other hand, representing two separate words.
• Tell the students that they are going to put the two words (their two hands) together with a “compound clap.” Have the students clap and say the new compound word.
• Proceed with the additional words included in the guided practice in the SMART Board file.

Independent working time

• Tell your students that they will practice putting two words together to form compound words. Give each pair a set of peas and pods, and have them stack the pods in the middle. Have each pair mix up the peas and place them face down around the middle.
• Your students should take turns taking one pea off of the stack at a time.
• When your students can form a word with two of the peas, they can take a pod from the center and stick the two peas in the pod to keep the new word together.
• Circulate around the room to assist individual groups as needed. After students play the game in partners, have the students complete either the Compound Words 1 worksheet or the Compound Words 2 worksheet.