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Word Study & Vocabulary 1: Unit 1: Compound Words ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

ballpark

ballroom

baseball

basketball

bedroom

bedside

bedspread

bedtime

daylight

eyeball

flashlight

football

lighthouse

moonlight

sunlight

waterbedWord Cards (BLM 3)


Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Pattern SortsParent Directions: Have your child read each word in the word bank and then write it in the box that contains one of the smaller words within the compound word.

Word Bank

moonlight bedtime piggyback housetop ballroom

daylight clubhouse sometime basketball downtown

anyplace backpack everywhere anyone everybody

bed ball light

back down house

any some every

Take-Home Activity (BLM 6)


Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Compound WordsDirections: Select a compound word from the word box below. Write the correct compound words in the blanks to complete each sentence so it makes sense. Hint: Cross off each compound word as you use it.

backyard bookshelf softball housework paperback flashlight

ballpark headphones clubhouse headache

1. When you finish reading, put the ________________ on the ________________ in the library.

2. The ________________ fitted so tightly on my head that they gave me a

________________.

3. The big ________________ game was going to be held in the ________________ downtown.

4. Our ________________ was so dirty that we all had to do a lot of

________________ to clean it up.

5. When Dad heard a noise in the ________________, he grabbed a

________________ and went out to have a look.

Making Compound WordsDirections: Match each word in the first column of the box with a word in the second column of the box to make a compound word. Write the compound words on the blanks.

play walk 6. ________________

side mate 7. ________________

class ground 8. ________________

any top 9. ________________

house body 10. ________________

Classroom Activity (BLM 7)


Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Making a Scrapbook A scrapbook is a book of blank pages that you fill with photos,

artwork, and notes. It helps you remember special times in your life. Your

scrapbook can be about many things—a trip, a holiday, a pet, your family. It

can be about your sports team, or a play or concert you were in, or your

class at school.

You can tape or glue anything small and flat onto a page in your

scrapbook. For example, you could tape a ticket from a basketball or a

football game in your scrapbook. You could place these next to a photo of

yourself watching the game, or playing in the game. You might also tape

a newspaper article about the game on the same page. Maybe you wrote

a poem about the game or the sport. You could put the poem in, too.

Together, all of these things will help you remember what it was like to be

at that game.

Whatever you put in a scrapbook, it has to be something that can

last a long time. For example, if you get a haircut, you can put a lock of

your hair into a plastic bag and tape it inside your scrapbook. However,

if you want to remember a big snowstorm, obviously you cannot paste a

snowflake into your scrapbook! Instead, you could glue in a picture of a

snowflake or a photo of yourself and your friends playing in the snow. You

could also cut a snowflake out of paper. Then you could use that cutout to

decorate your page about the snowstorm.

A scrapbook holds things that are important to you. It is a special

book that helps you to remember people, places, and events.

Reading Passage (BLM 9)

uNIT 1

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Word Study & Vocabulary 1: Unit 1: Compound Words ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLCAnchor Chart (BLM 1)

Compound Words

Compound words are words made up of two or more smaller words.

Knowing the meaning of the smaller words can often help you figure out the meaning of the compound word.

Combining words to make compound words:

I had a lot of work to do at my house, and I did all the housework by myself.

The game was down the hill, so we all ran downhill to join in.

My mother said it was time for bed, so I guess it must be bedtime.

Uncle Tomás bought us a new ball and Dad put up a basket, so now we can play basketball.

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Word Study & Vocabulary 1: Unit 1: Compound Words ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLCCategory Cards (BLM 2)

bed ball light

back down house

any some thing

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3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

ballpark

ballroom

baseball

basketball

bedroom

bedside

bedspread

bedtime

daylight

eyeball

flashlight

football

lighthouse

moonlight

sunlight

waterbedWord Cards (BLM 3)

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4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

background

backpack

backward

backyard

clubhouse

countdown

doghouse

downhill

download

downstairs

downtown

housetop

housework

paperback

piggyback

touchdownWord Cards (BLM 4)

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5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

anybody

anyplace

anything

anytime

anywhere

everybody

everyday

everyone

everything

everywhere

somebody

someone

someplace

something

sometime

somewhereWord Cards (BLM 5)

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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Pattern SortsParent Directions: Have your child read each word in the word bank and then write it in the box that contains one of the smaller words within the compound word.

Word Bank

moonlight bedtime piggyback housetop ballroom

daylight clubhouse sometime basketball downtown

anyplace backpack everywhere anyone everybody

bed ball light

back down house

any some every


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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Compound WordsDirections: Read the sentences and choose the correct compound words from the word box below to fill in the blanks. Hint: Cross off each compound word as you use it.

backyard bookshelf softball housework paperback flashlight

ballpark headphones clubhouse headache

1. When you finish reading, put the ________________ on the ________________ in the library.

2. The ________________ fitted so tightly on my head that they gave me a

________________.

3. The big ________________ game was going to be held in the ________________ downtown.

4. Our ________________ was so dirty that we all had to do a lot of

________________ to clean it up.

5. When Dad heard a noise in the ________________, he grabbed a

________________ and went out to have a look.

Making Compound WordsDirections: Match each word in the first column of the box with a word in the second column of the box to make a compound word. Write the compound words on the blanks.

play walk 6. ________________

side mate 7. ________________

class ground 8. ________________

any top 9. ________________

house body 10. ________________

Classroom Activity (BLM 7)

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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Compound WordsParent Directions: Have your child read the sentences and choose the correct compound words from the word box below to fill in the blanks. There will be two words left over.

anybody bedspread something moonlight

download everybody downstairs

1. I put my new ________________ on my bed in my bedroom.

2. In the ________________, everything around me was easy to see.

3. It took forever to ________________ the new program on our computer.

4. ________________ was wrong with my bike, but I couldn’t fix it.

5. At first I didn’t know a single person at my new school, but today I know

________________.

Making Compound WordsParent Directions: Have your child match each word in the first column of the box with a word in the second column of the box to make compound words. Write the compound words on the blanks.

through back 6. ________________

book where 7. ________________

paper out 8. ________________

head case 9. ________________

every first 10. ________________


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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Making a Scrapbook A scrapbook is a book of blank pages that you fill with photos,

artwork, and notes. It helps you remember special times in your life. Your

scrapbook can be about many things—a trip, a holiday, a pet, your family. It

can be about your sports team, or a play or concert you were in, or your

class at school.

You can tape or glue anything small and flat onto a page in your

scrapbook. For example, you could tape a ticket from a basketball or a

football game in your scrapbook. You could place these next to a photo of

yourself watching the game, or playing in the game. You might also tape

a newspaper article about the game on the same page. Maybe you wrote

a poem about the game or the sport. You could put the poem in, too.

Together, all of these things will help you remember what it was like to be

at that game.

Whatever you put in a scrapbook, it has to be something that can

last a long time. For example, if you get a haircut, you can put a lock of

your hair into a plastic bag and tape it inside your scrapbook. However,

if you want to remember a big snowstorm, obviously you cannot paste a

snowflake into your scrapbook! Instead, you could glue in a picture of a

snowflake or a photo of yourself and your friends playing in the snow. You

could also cut a snowflake out of paper. Then you could use that cutout to

decorate your page about the snowstorm.

A scrapbook holds things that are important to you. It is a special

book that helps you to remember people, places, and events.

Reading Passage (BLM 9)

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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Spelling Dictation

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Spelling Dictation (BLM 10)

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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Spelling Peer CheckDirections: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write your spelling words.

Second Try (if needed)

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Correct Spelling

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Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11)

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