SVUSD Spelling: Grade 6

SVUSD Spelling: Grade 5 Lesson 6
Generalization: Introduced Reviewed Extended (Gr. 5)
Introduced in Grade 3 , Lesson 26
Developmental Stage: Syllables and Affixes
Generalization: Compound Words
A compound word is a word formed from two or more smaller words. The meaning of a
compound word is related to the meaning of the smaller words within itl. There are three
types of compound words:
•closed: the smaller words form one whole word (baseball)
•open: the smaller words are separated by a space (milk shake)
•hyphenated: the smaller words are joined by a hyphen (tweny five)
Infrequently, a letter may be dropped in forming a compound word (almost, also).
Do not leave out a letter when the last and beginning letters of the smaller words are the
same (roommate).
Links to Additional Resources
Words Their Way: Word Sort 71
Extra Lists page
Structural Analysis Continuum:
None
Generalization Assessment:
baseball homework breakfast downstairs first aid
weekend granddaughter chalkboard ninety-nine counterclockwise
High Frequency Words:
Commonly Misspelled Words:
everybody