Check out these great upper elementary compound word activities. A detailed word list shows when to close or hyphenate a number of compound words. The foldable organizer words well with advanced or simple words. Games and activities will make learning fun.

Compound Anchor Chart

This simple anchor chart took just a few seconds to create. First write a words that can be turned into compound words on sticky notes. Then place these in a random fashion on a table. Students come to the table and select two words that will form a compound word. Next the student places the sticky notes on the chart.

Compound Word Activities for Smart Notebook

15 Slide SmartBoard Activities on Compound Words

This Smart Notebook resource contains 15 pages of activities. Just click on the image to open the Smart Notebook file.

Free Printable Graphic Organizer

Instructions

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Print the organizer onto colored paper.

Students write two words, one on each side of the organizer, that when put together will form a compound word.

In the center of the organizer, students will write the definitions of each compound word in the first row of boxes. In the second row of boxes, they draw illustrations of the compound words.

To assembly the foldable organizer, fold the organizer on the dotted lines and cut on the solid lines between the words.

See the illustration for the completed organizer.

Compound Word Activities from Teachers pay Teachers

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This teaching set contains cards to make 14 compound word chains. To make the chain each word forms the end of one compound word and the beginning of another.

For example:
campfire ~ fireplace ~ placecard ~ cardboard ~ boardgame ~ gameplay ~ playtime

[The pictures in the bottom corner of the cards are used to not only keep sets together, but also help if using the cards in a center. Once students complete the activity, they record their answers on the page provided by writing the words next to the matching image.]