Compound and Hyphenated 1 Kindergarten and 1st Grade English Language Arts Resources

Compound Words: One Word from Two

Worksheet

Compound Words: One Word from Two

First Grade

Vocabulary

This worksheet will teach your child how to scrunch two words together to get one compound word.

Worksheet

Compound Words: One Word from Two

Worksheet

Compound Words: One Word from Two

This worksheet will teach your child how to scrunch two words together to get one compound word.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Compound Words Game #1

Worksheet

Compound Words Game #1

First Grade

Vocabulary

Children will enjoy pairing two balloons together to create a compound word in this vocabulary-boosting worksheet.

Worksheet

Compound Words Game #1

Worksheet

Compound Words Game #1

Children will enjoy pairing two balloons together to create a compound word in this vocabulary-boosting worksheet.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Word Addition: Compound Words 1

Worksheet

Word Addition: Compound Words 1

First Grade

Vocabulary

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

Worksheet

Word Addition: Compound Words 1

Worksheet

Word Addition: Compound Words 1

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

Compound words are made up of two separate words. Kids create compound words to feed Roly in this matching game.

Compound words are made up of two separate words. Kids create compound words to feed Roly in this matching game.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Game

Color the Compound Words

Worksheet

Color the Compound Words

First Grade

Vocabulary

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

Worksheet

Color the Compound Words

Worksheet

Color the Compound Words

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

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Compound Word Puzzles

Worksheet

Compound Word Puzzles

First Grade

Vocabulary

Use this fun ocean-themed worksheet to help your students understand compound words!

Worksheet

Compound Word Puzzles

Worksheet

Compound Word Puzzles

Use this fun ocean-themed worksheet to help your students understand compound words!

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Reading Compound Words

Worksheet

Reading Compound Words

First Grade

Vocabulary

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.

Worksheet

Reading Compound Words

Worksheet

Reading Compound Words

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.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Compound Word Coloring

Worksheet

Compound Word Coloring

First Grade

Vocabulary

This worksheet will help children identify compound words, by asking them to color-code the words on the page.

Worksheet

Compound Word Coloring

Worksheet

Compound Word Coloring

This worksheet will help children identify compound words, by asking them to color-code the words on the page.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Match the Compound Words

Interactive Worksheet

Match the Compound Words

First Grade

Vocabulary

This worksheet is a great activity to practice identifying and naming the parts in a compound word.

Interactive Worksheet

Match the Compound Words

Interactive Worksheet

Match the Compound Words

This worksheet is a great activity to practice identifying and naming the parts in a compound word.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #1

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #1

First Grade

Vocabulary

Cut, paste, and create! This engaging worksheet geared towards first and second graders invites learners to build compound words through a fun hands-on activity.

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #1

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #1

Cut, paste, and create! This engaging worksheet geared towards first and second graders invites learners to build compound words through a fun hands-on activity.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Interactive Worksheet

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Does your little reader know how to identify a compound word? Give her a challenge with this fill-in-the-bubble style quiz.

Does your little reader know how to identify a compound word? Give her a challenge with this fill-in-the-bubble style quiz.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Compound Words Game #4

Worksheet

Compound Words Game #4

First Grade

Vocabulary

Children will enjoy pairing two stamps together to create a compound word in this vocabulary-boosting worksheet.

Worksheet

Compound Words Game #4

Worksheet

Compound Words Game #4

Children will enjoy pairing two stamps together to create a compound word in this vocabulary-boosting worksheet.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Take Apart the Compound Word

Interactive Worksheet

Take Apart the Compound Word

First Grade

Vocabulary

Use this fun cut-and-paste worksheet to help your students understand compound words!

Interactive Worksheet

Take Apart the Compound Word

Interactive Worksheet

Take Apart the Compound Word

Use this fun cut-and-paste worksheet to help your students understand compound words!

First Grade

Vocabulary

Interactive Worksheet

Practice Test: Compound Words and Contractions

Worksheet

Practice Test: Compound Words and Contractions

First Grade

Grammar and Mechanics

Help your first grader review compound words and contractions with this printable quiz.

Worksheet

Practice Test: Compound Words and Contractions

Worksheet

Practice Test: Compound Words and Contractions

Help your first grader review compound words and contractions with this printable quiz.

First Grade

Grammar and Mechanics

Worksheet

Make Your Own Compound Words

Worksheet

Make Your Own Compound Words

First Grade

Vocabulary

Fish + bow = fishbow...? No, that's not right! Engage your young learners in understanding and forming compound words with this fun worksheet. Students will use words from a word bank to create compound words in this word structure activity.

Worksheet

Make Your Own Compound Words

Worksheet

Make Your Own Compound Words

Fish + bow = fishbow...? No, that's not right! Engage your young learners in understanding and forming compound words with this fun worksheet. Students will use words from a word bank to create compound words in this word structure activity.

This funny activity will get your students—and you—giggling! Help your first graders develop their understanding of compound words by having them make up their own silly words and draw illustrations to match.

This funny activity will get your students—and you—giggling! Help your first graders develop their understanding of compound words by having them make up their own silly words and draw illustrations to match.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #2

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #2

First Grade

Vocabulary

Build compound words with this cut-and-paste worksheet for first and second graders!

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #2

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #2

Build compound words with this cut-and-paste worksheet for first and second graders!

First Grade

Vocabulary

Interactive Worksheet

Compound Words: Word to Word

Worksheet

Compound Words: Word to Word

First Grade

Vocabulary

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.

Worksheet

Compound Words: Word to Word

Worksheet

Compound Words: Word to Word

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.

First Grade

Vocabulary

Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #3

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #3

First Grade

Vocabulary

Construct compound words with this clever cut-and-paste worksheet for first and second graders!

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #3

Interactive Worksheet

Finish the Compound Words: Cut and Paste #3

Construct compound words with this clever cut-and-paste worksheet for first and second graders!

First Grade

Vocabulary

Interactive Worksheet

Practice tracing and finding numbers one through five with this early literacy worksheet!

Practice tracing and finding numbers one through five with this early literacy worksheet!

Kindergarten

Alphabet

Worksheet

Phonics: Consonant Blends 1

Worksheet

Phonics: Consonant Blends 1

First Grade

Phonics

Get a great review of phonics with this handy consonant blends worksheet, where your little one can match up consonant blends with each word.

Worksheet

Phonics: Consonant Blends 1

Worksheet

Phonics: Consonant Blends 1

Get a great review of phonics with this handy consonant blends worksheet, where your little one can match up consonant blends with each word.

Vowels make more than one sound! Recognizing letters is a crucial skill for early readers. Recognizing the sounds they make is the next step. Help your child become a fluent reader and speaker with this short E lesson.

Vowels make more than one sound! Recognizing letters is a crucial skill for early readers. Recognizing the sounds they make is the next step. Help your child become a fluent reader and speaker with this short E lesson.

Kindergarten

Handwriting

Guided Lesson

Putting Words Together

Worksheet

Putting Words Together

First Grade

Vocabulary

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

Worksheet

Putting Words Together

Worksheet

Putting Words Together

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

Being able to recognize the short I sound, as in dig, fin and kid, is one of the foundations of kindergarten phonics. This guided lesson teaches kids all about the short I, and offers lots of practice to encourage retention. You can get even more practice with this phonics skill by checking out the printables that work in partership with this lesson.

Being able to recognize the short I sound, as in dig, fin and kid, is one of the foundations of kindergarten phonics. This guided lesson teaches kids all about the short I, and offers lots of practice to encourage retention. You can get even more practice with this phonics skill by checking out the printables that work in partership with this lesson.

Kindergarten

Rhyming

Guided Lesson

Letter Roll Reading Game: Level One

Worksheet

Letter Roll Reading Game: Level One

First Grade

Phonics

This 1st grade printable game packs reading, spelling, and vocabulary practice into one. Players roll the dice, then spell a word using the letters rolled.

Worksheet

Letter Roll Reading Game: Level One

Worksheet

Letter Roll Reading Game: Level One

This 1st grade printable game packs reading, spelling, and vocabulary practice into one. Players roll the dice, then spell a word using the letters rolled.

First Grade

Phonics

Worksheet

The Build-a-Word Card Game: Better than Go Fish!

Activity

The Build-a-Word Card Game: Better than Go Fish!

First Grade

Vocabulary

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Activity

The Build-a-Word Card Game: Better than Go Fish!

Activity

The Build-a-Word Card Game: Better than Go Fish!

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

This guided lesson builds upon kindergarteners' understanding of consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC words. Exercises teach kids how to spell CVC words, in addition to understanding how to pronounce each segment of the word. As children learn to swap out individual letters within words, they will build important phonemic fluency. Don't forget to check out our CVC word printables for further practice.

This guided lesson builds upon kindergarteners' understanding of consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC words. Exercises teach kids how to spell CVC words, in addition to understanding how to pronounce each segment of the word. As children learn to swap out individual letters within words, they will build important phonemic fluency. Don't forget to check out our CVC word printables for further practice.

Kindergarten

Phonics

Guided Lesson