Compound
Words
©Ms. Harrington’s Reading Lessons
Compound Word
A word formed from
two smaller words.
Knowing the meaning of the two separate words can
help a reader figure out the meaning of the
compound word.
book
case
bookcase
What does it mean?
Compound Words! 
book
case
bookcase
Something
you read
A place
to store
something
A place to
store a book
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table
case
store
book
leg
bird
hand
pen
cloth
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table
case
store
book
leg
bird
hand
pen
cloth
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table
cloth
tablecloth
A piece
of
furniture
material,
sometimes
used to
cover
a cloth to
cover a
table
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bare
case
store
book
leg
bird
hand
foot
cloth
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bird
case
store
book
leg
bare
hand
foot
cloth
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bare
foot
barefoot
Not
covered
Part of
your body
that you
use to
a not
covered
foot; used
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bird
case
store
barn
leg
bare
hand
foot
yard
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bird
case
store
barn
leg
bare
hand
foot
yard
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barn
yard
barnyard
A
building
used to
Grass or
land
around an
area
The grass or
land around
a barn
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hand
case
bow
barn
leg
box
rain
foot
yard
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hand
case
bow
barn
leg
box
rain
foot
yard
What does it mean?
Compound Words! 
Sometimes two words are put together that do not bring their
meanings.
rain
bow
rainbow
A form of
precipita
tion
A tie
placed in
something
like a
A form of
precipitatio
n tied
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hand
case
bow
fly
leg
box
rain
foot
butter
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hand
case
bow
fly
leg
box
rain
foot
butter
What does it mean?
Compound Words! 
Sometimes two words are put together that do not bring their
meanings.
butter
Cream and
salt mixed
together to
make a
fly
butterfly
A bug
A bug made
out of cream
and salt
Make Your Own!
Create your own compound words!
Use notecards and crayons to make 10 compound words. Write
the compound word on the front and then flip the card over and
use the word in a sentence.
The beekeeper
collected the
honey from the
honeycombs.