Compound Word Meanings
A first-grade worksheet to help students understand the meaning of compound words by breaking them into their root words.
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Compound Word Meanings
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Read each compound word. Break it into two smaller words and write what each small word means. Then, write what the compound word means.
1. **Sunflower**
Sun:
Flower:
Sunflower:
2. **Toothbrush**
Tooth:
Brush:
Toothbrush:
3. **Raincoat**
Rain:
Coat:
Raincoat:
4. **Bedroom**
Bed:
Room:
Bedroom:
Choose the correct meaning for each compound word from the word bank.
5. Firefly:
6. Mailbox:
7. Cupcake:
8. Birdhouse:
9. Draw a picture of a **butterfly**. Then, write what you think the two smaller words 'butter' and 'fly' mean separately, and how they make the word 'butterfly'.
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