Looking for engaging ways to practice advanced compound words? These advanced compound words games teach students that each word in a compound word contributes to its overall meaning, in words like watermelon, underpass, and pullover.
The games are aligned to Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (3rd Edition), Unit 9, Sort 55, but they work alongside any word study program. They were developed with 3rd-5th graders in mind (and can be used with younger students in small groups with teacher guidance) and fit students in the late Syllables and Affixes stage who are getting ready for the vocabulary focus of the Derivational Relations stage.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Memory Match Card Game (Partner Game)
Students turn over word cards to match two words that make a compound word, then use the two smaller words to help them define the compound word they created.
- Teacher directions
- Word cards
- Student-friendly directions
- Recording sheet
- Answer key
Four In A Row (Independent Activity)
Students spin for a word and find a word or picture on the word board that combines with it to make a compound word. They cover it, build the compound word with letter tiles or write it on a whiteboard (optional), and record it, trying to cover four in a row.
- Teacher directions
- 4 word boards
- 2 spinners with student-friendly directions
- Letter tiles for building words
- Recording sheet
- Answer key
ALSO INCLUDED
- Black and white and color versions of everything
- Word list of all included words
- Answer keys for both activities
HOW THIS RESOURCE HELPS YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS
- Gives students two engaging ways to practice the same compound words
- Works for partner centers, small groups, early finishers, and independent practice
- Recording sheets build in accountability and quick assessment
- Uses game formats similar to the rest of Unit 9, so students don't have to learn new rules each week
- Students build vocabulary by using two smaller words to define each compound word
- Ready to print and use with no extra prep beyond cutting cards
Want every game in this unit? This game set is included in the Compound Words, Homophones, & Homographs Unit 9 Syllables Affixes Games Bundle | I Before E, so you can get all of the Unit 9 games together and save.
ABOUT THE SYLLABLES AND AFFIXES STAGE
This stage is where students move from studying single-syllable words to examining what happens where syllables meet. Students at this level are secure with vowel patterns in one-syllable words and are ready to study inflected endings, syllable juncture and division, open and closed syllables, accented and unaccented syllables, and the first prefixes and suffixes. Instruction focuses on the spelling changes that happen when endings are added and on where to divide a longer word. By analyzing multisyllabic words, students strengthen spelling while preparing for the meaning-based word study ahead.
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