COMPOUND
WORDS
1. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar
words based on given context
clues.
2. Read aloud grade level
appropriate text with accuracy
of 95-100%.
3. Observe politeness at all times
MOTIVATION:
Identify the following pictures.
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FIND OUT AND LEARN
Read the following sentences.
• When he had stolen these words, he
intended to take them apart and sell
the letters to book publishers.
• Those girls were deaf, and had to
communicate using sign language.
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FIND OUT AND LEARN
Read the following sentences.
• The girls followed him to his hideout
on top of a hill next to the sea.
• It started to suffer a power overload,
which got more and more serious as
the girls went on communicating.
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FIND OUT AND LEARN
Read the following sentences.
• The chief-of-police arrested the crook.
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FIND OUT AND LEARN
•What do you think are the underlined
words?
•What have you observed about these
words?
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FIND OUT AND LEARN
•What two words can we find in these
words?
•Can you think of other words which are
combinations of words?
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FIND OUT AND LEARN
GROUP 1 GROUP 2
cupcake electric fan
bookworm fairy tale
rainbow love letter
mailman report card
GROUP 3
son-in-law
one-fourth
merry-go-round
over-the-counter
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TRY AND LEARN
Identify the compound words in the
paragraph. Say if it is a one word
compound, two-word compound, or
hyphenated compound word.
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TRY AND LEARN
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TRY AND LEARN
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GUIDED PRACTICE
Match the words in Column A to the
words in column B in order to create a
compound word. Note that words in
Column B can only be used once.
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GUIDED PRACTICE
Column A Column B
1. rain a. case
2. flower b. drop
3. window c. fly
4. butter d. light
5. police e. man
6. book f. pane
7. sun g. pot
8. day h. room
9. sea i. shell
10. store j. shine
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DO AND LEARN
A. Read the sentences below. Find the
compound word and break them into two
smaller words.
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DO AND LEARN
1. Mary and I were sleeping in her
backyard.
___________ + _________= __________
2. My brother and I went to watch the
baseball game.
___________ + _________= __________
3. I love to use mint flavored toothpaste
when I brush my teeth.
___________ + _________= __________
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DO AND LEARN
B. Write the compound name of the
following pictures. Write it on the line below
each picture.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________
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DO AND LEARN
C. Place a hyphen between words that
are considered as compound words.
1. The hand picked tomatoes tasted better
than the ones from the store.
2. The model was ready for her close up
picture.
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DO AND LEARN
3. The referee called a time out during the
basketball’s game.
4. Beware of car chasing dog on Brgy.
Linga.
5. Sally’s mother in law came to visit her on
her birthday.
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REMEMBER:
Compound words are two words put
together to create a new word. They can
be open, closed, or hyphenated.
Open Compound Words
dog house, ice cream
Close Compound Words
ladybug, toothpaste, bedroom
Hyphenated Compound Words
editor-in-chief, officer-in-charge
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LEARN SOME MORE
Read the following sentences. Identify
and underline the compound. On the line
before each number, classify the
compound if it is open, closed, or
hyphenated compound word.
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LEARN SOME MORE
____1. I dropped my mail at the post office.
____2. The milkman delivers milk to the
hospital .
____3. I ate too many pancakes this
morning.
____4. Jordan is chasing dragonflies on the
field.
____5. Mary was surprised when she
opened the jack-in-the-box.
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