Unit IV: Lesson 3

Intro Compound
Words:
Wednesday
Our Schedule
1.) Intro: 4.) Guess
Word Analysis Concept:
Compound Words What is the compound word?

2.) Blending 5.) Guided Practice

Compound Words
Put our learning into action.

3.) Read
Sentences with
Compound Words
 Introduction: What are compound words?

Turn & Talk:

Tell your partner:
What do you think a
compound word is?
 Blending

raincoat popcorn

birthday backpack

Group Talk: How can you figure out what the compound word
means?
The key is to identify the two smaller words.
 Blending

eggplant nightmare
Eggplant is not peppermint
nightmare is not
egg + plant. hotdog Night + mare peppermint is not
Hotdog is not Pepper + mint
hot + dog.
Compound words will not always take its meaning from the two separate words.
 Blending sentences
Review the underlined high-frequency words.

Chad loves to eat breakfast, but he

hates to wake up in the morning.

Fine and define the compound word.

Turn and Talk: Can you predict the definition based on

the two smaller words that formed the compound.
 Guess the Compound Word
A coat you wear in the rain is a