Bug Hunt Compound Word Riddles
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Solve riddles and use word parts to find what compound words mean.
Riddles on the bug hunt
Jaylen and his cousin Rosa go on a bug hunt in the backyard. A compound word is one word made from two smaller words.
1.
Read each riddle. Write the answer from the word bank.
I am a small hill of dirt that ants build. What am I?
I am a worm that lives in the earth. What am I?
I am a web that a spider spins. What am I?
I am a bee that makes honey. What am I?
2.
Rosa sees a grasshopper jump off a leaf. A hopper is something that hops. What is a grasshopper?
3.
Jaylen finds a beehive in an old tree. What is a beehive?
4.
Under the tree, Rosa finds a tiny blue eggshell. What is an eggshell?
Two words, one meaning
Think about what each small word means. Then answer the questions.
5.
Match the two small words to the meaning of the compound word they make.
6.
Jaylen sorts words in his bug notebook. Does each compound word name a living thing or a place? Use the second small word to help you.
7.
Which sentence uses the word anthill the right way?
8.
The second small word tells what kind of thing it is. Circle the THREE words that name a kind of bird.
9.
Rosa says, "A doghouse and a treehouse are both houses." How do the first small words help you know how they are different?