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1st - 3rd Grade Compound Words Educational Resources

Develop students’ skill at applying prefixes and suffixes with this exercise that demonstrates how compound words are formed.


Meaning of Compound Words 1

After students complete this simple exercise they will better understand how to put compound words together.


Meaning of Compound Words 2

Challenge your beginning reader to practice making compound words! He'll match one set of words with another set to create a list of compound words.

Compound Words

Vocabulary development helps second graders advance their reading and writing skills. This guided lesson uses exercises and techniques targeted to building vocabulary. Kids will be tasked with using descriptive adjectives, distinguishing between similar verbs and adjectives, and using context clues to determine the meaning of a word phrase. For more vocabulary boosters, check out the worksheets that align with this lesson.

Vocabulary 1

Kids will make compound words out of two smaller words. Make "gold" and "fish" into "goldfish in this fun compound words worksheet.

Word Addition: Compound Words 3

Practice spelling some common compound words with this spelling test and activity.

3rd Grade Spelling Test: Compound Words

With the help of picture clues, kids will find two words that make a single compound word. Have your child put "sun" and "flower" together in this worksheet.

Word Addition: Compound Words 2

Learners will use their compound word know-how and creativity to create compound words and use them in a sentence.

Compound Words: Creating Words & Sentences

Learn how we make compound words with a helpful practice sheet! Your child will practice putting two words together to form a compound word.

Make Compound Words

This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.

Word Meaning 1

Children will search for words like icicle, snowman, and sweater in this wintry word puzzle!

Winter Word Search

This workbook is packed with challenging third grade spelling words that your child can practice writing and applying to his or her vocabulary.

Stress-Free Spelling Practice

Using a picture as a clue, kids put two words together to make a compound word for each item on this reading worksheet.

Word Addition: Compound Words 1

This workbook gives second graders practice in punctuation, and helps to develop their vocabulary with contractions and compound words.

Grammar Practice

This workbook builds reading comprehension by reinforcing vocabulary with word puzzles, homophones and a few quick reading pages.

Vocabulary in Focus

Aren&#39;t alliterations awesome? Have a little phonics fun by finishing these alliterations.

Fun with Alliteration

Children will draw from a word bank to form five new compound words, then write and illustrate their meaning.

Compound Words: Match, Meaning, and Draw

This football-themed word search is a great way to help score a touchdown in spelling and sports vocabulary!

Football Word Search

Help your second grader with her vocabulary and compound words. She'll create some compound words, and break down some compound words!

Compound Words #4

Locate and color the compound words to reveal a hidden picture.

Color the Compound Words

On this reading worksheet, kids connect words in the first column to words in the second column to make compound words. Then they write the words.

Compound Words: Word to Word

Learn all about compound words with this worksheet. Your second grader will match two words together to form a compound word.

Compound Words #3

In this fill-in-the-blanks grammar worksheet, students will use context clues to complete 10 sentences with the correct compound word.

Compound Words in Context

In this worksheet, your child will explore this definition, by putting pairs of words together to make common compound words.

Putting Words Together

Have your first graders conquered the compound word? It's time to find out! Use this quick reading assessment to evaluate your students’ abilities to read compound words, such as sunflower, bookcase, and cowboy.

Reading Compound Words

Work on word-building with this fun activity that doubles as an English exercise.

Compound Word Puzzle

Learners will hone their grammar and vocabulary skills as they identify the compound word in each of 10 problems.

Choose the Compound Word #1

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Read the Word Clues

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Prepare for sunny days ahead with this playground word search.

Playground Word Search

Learners will read six sentences to identify the compound word, then use that word in a sentence of their own.

Identify & Use Compound Words

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