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3rd - 5th 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

This Education.com exercise makes it clear to students how to break down compound and hyphenated words correctly.


Compound Words 1

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


Meaning of Compound Words 2

For additional practice, have students complete this exercise that will give them mastery over compound and hyphenated words.


Compound Words 2

Students will gain insight into the meaning of compound words as they break each word into its two different parts.

Creating Compound Words

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

3rd Grade Spelling Test: Compound Words

Give your students practice with an important fifth grade language arts skill: Combining words to form contractions and hyphenated compound words.

Pairing Up Words

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

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

Words are the wondrous building blocks in language. This unit increases students’ word knowledge by introducing more challenging vocabulary and exploring how words are related. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will get to explore and create fun literary devices such as similes, idioms and metaphors.

Word Meaning 2

This unit not only builds students' vocabulary, it also enables students to explore how words are related, in meaning, sound and construction. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will also learn strategies we use to shorten words and phrases like acronyms and abbreviations.

Vocabulary 2

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

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

If your students need practice identifying the roots and affixes of a word to decode the meaning, then this worksheet is for you!

Look Inside!

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

Give your students practice combining words to create hyphenated compound words and contractions.

Word Combos

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

Identify & Use Compound Words

Compound words come to life in this fun worksheet that invites children to create an illustration to represent each of six compound words.

Compound Creations

Challenge your child to to identify compound words, contractions, and abbreviations in a short story.

Grammar Basics: Compound Words, Contractions, & Abbreviations

In this assessment, students will apply their language arts knowledge to a broad set of problems.

Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment: Let's Soar in Grade 4

Help your child with vocabulary and critical thinking with this worksheet, which asks him to make compound words by adding a new word to different word groups.

Add-A-Word: Making Compound Words

Help your child understand etymology with this fun worksheet, which challenges your child to match modern meaning with Latin roots.

Word Root Round-Up

Sometimes looking inside a word can help determine the meaning just like using context clues! In this lesson, students will learn to use roots and affixes as clues to the meaning of a word.

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