Blended Learning Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Learning how to make Compound Words

Objectives:
Students can create their own compounds words.
Students can recognize compound words out of a grouping of words.
Students can understand what is in compound word.
State Standards:
13.1 Engage in whole and small group reading with purpose and understanding.
Context: In this lesson, students will learn how to identify and create compound words. Before
learning about compound words, the students know the basic vocabulary that goes into a
compound word (example: foot+ball= football). This lesson plan is to show me as a teacher
what my students understand when combining their vocabulary words to make new words.
Another important aspect is the students know what the word means that they are creating. For
example, they know what cheese is and what cake is, but do they know what cheesecake is.
Data: Students will be in groups based upon their reading comprehension levels.
Materials:
- White boards and marker (teacher directed)
- iPad (independent technology)and app
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/merge-my-words/id6466287067
- Vocabulary word flash cards and pencil and paper (collaborative)

Detailed paragraphs from here on down.

Procedures:
Introduction (15 minutes):
Start with Jack Hartmann Compound Words video to give a quick intro with examples as well as
the entertainment factor. After watching, create a list as a class of 10-15 compound words
together. After, review out loud what a compound word is and give the students a chance to
explain it themselves as well as come up with more.
 Teacher Directed (10 minutes): Teacher will write a list of words that can be combined to
make compound words, on the student’s white boards they will list as many compound words as
they can in a few minutes. They will then turn their boards around and see who got similar ones
and who got different ones. Then everyone erases their boards. Next the teacher will write out a
list of compound words and the students will break the words apart into separate words. They
will then turn them around and see how everyone did.

Collaborative (10 minutes): Students will break off into partners. One with a pencil and
paper and the other with vocabulary flash cards. Working together, they will try to come up with
as many compound words as possible in their vocabulary range. Once this rotation is finished,
they will turn in their paper with both names on it to later find out which partners got the most
(and get a little prize).

Independent Digital (10 minutes):

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/merge-my-words/id6466287067 Using their IPads and the
“merge my words” app, the students will independently play the game and use the pictures to
determine the compound words.

Closure (15 minutes): After finishing the stations, the students will come back together,
and the teacher will first announce which partner duo got the most compound words. The
teacher will then bring out the original list they made together and add to it new compound
words they found and came up with. They will conclude by reading “Thumbtacks, earwax,
lipstick, dipstick: what is a compound word”.
https://www.getepic.com/book/6853761/thumbtacks-earwax-lipstick-dipstick-what-is-a-
compound-word

Rationale: You must have at least two paragraphs (one for each mandatory piece of
multimedia)
Using the Jack Hartmann YouTube video gives the children a view on what their purpose
is going into centers. The video is perfect for the age group and is entertaining, keeping
them drawn to it the entire time. In the video, he gives very simple examples of
compound words giving the students a very good base level to start on. The video shows
them how the words come together giving the students a visual effect as well. Once they
view the video, they will have a better understanding going forward as to what they are
supposed to be doing.
 The app “Merge My Words” gives the students another visual effect on the words. By
using pictures instead of words, the students are able to see how the words come together. As
they continue the game, there are more pictures added in to make it somewhat hard, this will
challenge the students to need to think harder as well as possibly saying the words out loud to
figure out which picture matches with the other. For example, there are two boxes, the first is
empty. The second box has a picture of a cake in it. If there are multiple pictures and one is a
cup, the student is to select the cup making the compound word, cupcake.