Introducing Compound Words Anchor Chart

- Grades
- Grades 1–2
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Reading, ELA
- Topic
- Reading Chart, Reading Anchor Chart
- Resource types
- Anchor Charts, Teacher Tools
- Preparation
- Print ready
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About this resource
This resource is a set of 2 anchor charts for introducing compound words. These charts would work well displayed in the classroom and added to student's interactive reading notebooks.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Define a compound word as two words joined to form a new word
Identify five example compound words: butterfly, watermelon, baseball, rainbow, and snowman
Teaching tips
Post the completed chart as a reference during a lesson introducing compound words.
Use the fill-in-the-blank version as a quick recall check, having students supply the missing definition words before revealing the completed chart.
Skills covered
Compound word identification — students connect two smaller words (butter+fly, water+melon) to see how they combine into one new word.
Definition recall — the fill-in version asks students to supply the two missing words in the definition itself.
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