Questions about the Compound Words poster

What’s on the Compound Words poster?

The rule, 4 worked examples. Two whole words joined to make a third. Cover half and a real word is still there.; sun + flower = sunflower; rain + bow = rainbow; butter + fly = butterfly; foot + ball = football; some + thing = something. Cover one half. If what is left is a real word, it is a compound.

Who is the Compound Words poster for?

Compound Words is filed under 2nd Grade (ages 7–8), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Compound Words poster?

Point at the rule before they write, not after you mark it. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Compound Words belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Compound Words?

Contractions, Making Plurals and The Prefixes un- and re- sit alongside Compound Words in the 2nd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.ContractionsMaking PluralsThe Prefixes un- and re-

Is the Compound Words poster free to download and print?

Yes. Compound Words downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 2nd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Compound Words poster print at?

Compound Words is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Compound Words loses nothing.Printing guide