1. Practice
By: Mrs. Green, NBCT 2003 East Elementary

2. Grade: 1st Grade Compound Words Lesson Plan 1st Grade ELA Standards
I. Media and Materials: Computer, LCD projector, whiteboard (screen), Joey Helps Us Learn Compound Word’s
PowerPoint presentation by Mrs. Green; Dr. Jean music CD, Is Everybody Happy?, Compound Word cards, recording sheet;
pencil,
II. Classroom Arrangement: Students sit in large group for the introduction and main part of the lesson then they will work
individually to form their own compound words. Students then work in pairs or small groups with follow-up activities.
III. Objective: TLW group two words together to form compound words.
IV. Learning Style(s): visual and auditory
V. Ohio ELA Content: Develop and use decoding strategies: breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts
(e.g., compound words, word families, blends, and digraphs). Acquisition of Vocabulary; Structural Understanding:
Standards: A1.3 Demonstrate an understanding of letter-sound correspondence by saying the sounds from a variety of
letter patterns, such as consonant blends and long- and short-vowel patterns, and by matching sounds to the corresponding
letters. A1.5. Use knowledge of common word families (e.g., -ite or -ate) to sound out unfamiliar words. A1.6. Blend two to
four phonemes (sounds) into words; A1.9. Read text using fluid and automatic decoding skills, including knowledge of
patterns, onsets and rimes. B1.6 Predict the meaning of compound words using knowledge of individual words (e.g.,
daydream, raindrop).
VI. Set: Intro using music CD , "Compound Boogie" by Dr. Jean
VII: Instruction: Examples of compound words are presented while the Compound Boogie is played (slides 3-20).. Students
view the pictures and words that form compound words and read these words as they are presented on the screen along
with the song. Then, students complete the PowerPoint activity using stand-alone computers in pairs (slides 21-94): On
slides 96-101 students may click on the pictures to hot linked online web pages to continue compound word matching
activities.
VIII: Closure: Independently, students use a set of word cards to create compound words and record their words on a
recording sheet that is turned in to the teacher as evidence of learning..
IX: Assessment: The teacher checks by observation and monitoring as students utilize the PowerPoint and online learning
practice activities. Assessment includes verifying the words students write on their recording sheets are familiar compound
words and can be re-read by the student submitting the work.

3. Compound Boogie
A compound word is two
words put together to
make a new word.

4. + =
rain coat

5. + =
dog house

6. + =
foot ball

7. + =
cup cake

8. + =
sun shine

9. + =
lunch box

10. + =
play ground

11. + =
side walk

12. + =
bath tub

13. + =
tree house

14. + =
some thing

15. + =
sail boat

16. + =
bed room

17. + =
snow man

18. + =
cow girl

19. + =
door bell

20. The Compound Boogie is easy to do.
You make one word out of two.
The Compound Boogie is easy to do.
And now you can make compounds too!

21. Click the arrow
beside the word
that is a compound
word.

22. careful
popcorn

25. doghouse
slowly

28. balloons
birthday

31. toothbrush
lovely

34. lightning
sunlight

37. present
spaceship

40. bluebirds
ringing

43. highchair
pumpkin

46. butterfly
daisy

49. rainbow
basket

52. singing
fireplace

55. pancake
reading

58. birdhouse
flying

61. running
seashell

64. party
dollhouse

67. backyard
swinging

70. climbing
daydream

73. kicking
himself

76. baseball
skipping

79. resting
watermelon

82. chairs
ladybug

85. inside
flying

88. farmer
flowerpot

91. campfire
writing

94. Way to Go!
Classroom is a
compound word.

95. Clipart from PrintMaster Platinum 7.0
Pictures taken by Mrs. Green