 The definition of a compound word is two words that have meaning on their own but when you put them together it has a new meaning. For example, sun has a meaning. We know it's in the sky, we know it comes up every day. Flower has a meaning. It could be a rose, it could be a daisy, it could be any kind of a flower. But you put those two words together into sunflower and all of a sudden you have a specific kind of flower. And that's what a compound word does. It takes two words that have meaning and it brings them together into a new word that has a different meaning. Alright boys and girls, are you ready to work on compound words? Yeah! Okay, we're going to work on five of them. Are you ready? Okay, I have the word star fish. If I take away star, what do you have left? Fish! Fish, very good. If I have basket ball, and I take away ball, what do I have left? Basket. Basket, very good. How about sea shell? If I take away the word sea, what do I have left? Shell. Shell, how about dog house? If I take away house, what do I have left? Dog. Dog, very good. Give yourselves a clap.