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Features

  • Split each compound into its two words
  • Draw lines to join the two halves
  • Write the compound that a meaning tells about
  • Longer words like earthquake, scarecrow and countryside
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Put two words together to make one
  • Split a compound into its words
  • Use the two words to work out the meaning
  • Read and spell compound words

How to Use This Pack

Six pages: write the compound for two pictures, write the two words in each compound, draw lines to join halves, and write the compound a meaning tells about from a bank.

In the Classroom

Write thunder and storm on two cards and put them together. Ask how the two words tell what a thunderstorm is, then try earth and quake.

At Home

Play a compound word game on a walk: mailbox, sidewalk, doorbell. Who can spot the most?

Tips for Success

  • Look for two small words
  • Say each word
  • Think what they tell together
  • Check the answer key

Compound Words for 3rd Grade

3rd Grade

Two words that join to make a longer one, like thunder and storm, water and fall, or finger and print. Students split compounds apart, match the halves and use what the two parts say to find a word's meaning.

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What’s Included

  • 2 split the word pages
  • 2 match the halves pages
  • 2 word bank pages
  • 6 answer key pages
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