If You Were a Compound Word

Word Fun

by Trisha Speed Shaskan

24 pages, Paperback

Published August 31, 2008

About the author

As an author of 50 books for children, Trisha Speed Shaskan carries her childhood dreams into her adult life. With the upcoming picture book Trisha wrote THE ITTY-BITTY WITCH illustrated by Xindi Yan, Trisha celebrates Halloween, magic, brooms, witches, and self-empowerment. Trisha is also the author of the picture book PUNK SKUNKS and graphic novel series Q & RAY, which are illustrated by her husband Stephen Shaskan. When Trisha isn't writing stories, she loves to laugh, travel, and spend time with her dog Beatrix and husband Stephen.

Reviews

[Alexis Levine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for children in grades k+. I love this book because it is very direct and made the compound words in a totally different font and color than the rest of the text so they are easy to identify. It would be an excellent book to read when introducing compound words to children. I would have children point out the two words that make up the single compound word. In addition, this book has great illustrations for children to look at!

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This covers compound words pretty well. It's part of a really good series. In the series, there's a math collection and a language collection. I like the math books, but the language books are probably my favorite part. This has a nice, simple text that even the youngest readers could grasp. This is a good classroom series and the compound words book is a good addition. I'd give them all a look.

[Laura Komos · Rating 4 out of 5]

This fairly simple explanation of compound words was a great way for me to introduce the concept to my first graders. I liked that some "different" compound words were cited, rather than the standard ones (butterfly, football, rainbow, etc.)

[Khadija Bensaadoun · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun book that uses compound words to describe the illustrations on the book. On each page the compound word is highlighted. For a lesson I would assign students different words and they would have to find another word to make a compound word! Grades 1-3.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book can be used when teaching students compound words. When I used it in my second grade placement, the students were given plastic Easter eggs with a word on each half. They had to put them together to create a compound word.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the series of "If you were" about the english language. This is simple enough for very young children. This is a nice way for a teacher to introduce these ideas. Grades K+

[Jeimy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely illustrations accompany plenty of examples that can be used in class.