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Word Awareness Procedure 1. Share several compound words with children . Say the words, and ask children to repeat them . Help them identify the two parts of each compound word . 2. Tell children you are going to ask them to replace one part of the compound word with another word that you share . 3. Begin with having them replace the second, rather than the first, word in the compound . This will likely be easier because you can prompt them by repeating just the first word in the initial compound word . For example, “Say jellybean . Now change bean to fish . Jelly_____ . ” 4. After children have demonstrated ease with replacing the second word in a compound, change the activity to having them replace the initial word in the compound . See the sample words in the tables that follow . Differentiate or Extend ▲ Using objects may support children in this manipulation of words . Provide children with three blocks or other objects . Have them place two directly in front of them, side by side . As you provide the prompts, ask children to point to the first one (on the left) as they say the first word in the compound . Then, have them point to the second block (on the right) as they say the second word in the compound . Have them physically remove the block representing the part of the compound to be replaced . Then, they should put the third block in its place and say the new word . Replace It Objective Students will substitute one word in a compound word with another . Overview The teacher says a compound word and then directs children to replace one part of the compound with a new word . Materials blocks (optional) School-Home Connection Provide children with a list of compound word pairs (those that have one part of the compound in common, such as jellybean and jellyfish) to share with their families . Encourage them to tell their families about the class activity and invite them to identify other compound pairs . sample sample 60
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Say jellyfish. Now change fish to bean. Say firefighters. Now change fighters to flies. Say motorcycle. Now change cycle to boat. Say sunflower. Now change flower to glasses. Say tablecloth. Now change cloth to spoon. Say waterfall. Now change fall to melon. Say superhero. Now change hero to market. Say anywhere. Now change where to thing. jellybean fireflies motorboat sunglasses tablespoon watermelon supermarket anything
Say blackberries. Now change black to blue. Say wallpaper. Now change wall to news. Say basketball. Now change basket to base. Say bodyguard. Now change body to life. Say hamburger. Now change ham to cheese. Say anywhere. Now change any to some. Say beekeeper. Now change bee to house. Say underground. Now change under to play. blueberries newspaper baseball lifeguard cheeseburger somewhere housekeeper playground Additional compound words are provided in List A in the Word Lists section of the Appendix.
