Introduce Compound Words, Benchmark, U6, W3, D3

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5th Grade

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L.2.4D, L.1.5A, L.1.5B

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Jaimie Richmond

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Introduce Compound Words

Today we will identify and define compound words in the text.

sleeping skin and polar wind

What do you notice about the words sleeping skin and polar wind

Multiple Choice

What is true about the words sleeping skin and polar wind

Each has two words in them

They both are prepositions

They are both two syllables long

They both start with the letter s

Both are compound words.

A compound word is made up of two words that together make one word.

Compound words can be two words

We are more familiar with compound words that are one word, such as baseball or earthquake.

Some compound words, like sleeping skin and polar wind, are made of two words that are not physically combined together.

These are called open compound words.

Look at the words half-moon and man-made

These are hyphenated compound words.

The hyphen in the middle joins the two words together.

We are going to look at some compound words!

identify the two words that make the compound word
tell whether it is an open or a hyphenated compound word

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What two words make this compund word & is the word hyphenated or open? ice cream

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What two words make this compund word & is the word hyphenated or open?

self-defense

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What two words make this compund word & is the word hyphenated or open?

freight train

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What two words make this compund word & is the word hyphenated or open?

good-natured

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What two words make this compund word & is the word hyphenated or open?

weather-proof

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What two words make this compund word & is the word hyphenated or open?

polar bear

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Does knowing the two words help you identify the meaning of the compound word? How?

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Is this word hyphenated or open? What is the meaning of this wordf?

ocean liner

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Is this word hyphenated or open? What is the meaning of this wordf?

bladder bag

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Is this word hyphenated or open? What is the meaning of this wordf?

super-wolf

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Is this word hyphenated or open? What is the meaning of this wordf?

sled dog

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Is this word hyphenated or open? What is the meaning of this wordf?

life jacket

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Is this word hyphenated or open? What is the meaning of this wordf?

empty-handed

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