Georgia K.F.PA.3.b

ELAKindergartenCompound Words

The Standard

Add, delete, and substitute single words in spoken compound words.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Foundations (F) · Phonological Awareness

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students listen for the two smaller words inside a spoken compound word. They combine, remove, or replace one part to make another word.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can hear the two smaller words in a compound word. The student can remove one part or replace it to make a new spoken word, such as changing toothbrush to hairbrush.
Common Misconceptions: Students may split a word by syllables instead of finding the two smaller words. They may remove sounds rather than a whole word, or keep saying the original compound after a substitution.
How to Assess It: Ask each student: “Say sunshine without sun. Change tooth in toothbrush to hair. Put snow before man.”

Lesson moves

Give students picture cards for words like sun and flower, then have them join, separate, and swap cards while saying each result.
Ask, “What happens to the word playground if we change play to back?” Have students explain how the word and meaning change.
Play Compound Word Switch: say a word such as snowman, name one part to replace, and award a point for the new word.
List school words such as backpack, notebook, and playground, then have students remove or replace one part and say the result.

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