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Generalization A compound word is smaller words joined together.
Keep all the letters when spelling compounds: home + work = homework.
Word Sort Sort the list words by words you know
how to spell and words you are learning to spell.
Write every word.
words I know
how to spell
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Spelling Words
words I am learning
how to spell
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blueberry
butterflies
lawnmower
campground
goodnight
toothbrush
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Challenge Words
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sunglasses
football
homework
haircut
popcorn
railroad
snowstorm
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Home Activity Your child is learning to spell compound words. To practice at home, have your
child study the words in the second column, write them, and then check the spelling.
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Spelling Words
sunglasses
football
homework
haircut
popcorn
railroad
snowstorm
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2. Do you like
muffins?
3. School was cancelled because of the
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6. A good pair of
your eyes.
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blueberry
butterflies
lawnmower
campground
goodnight
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Combinations Underline the two words in the sentence that should be
combined into a compound word. Write the compound word.
8. Carrie's mom gave her a hair cut.
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9. I ate pop com at the theater.
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10. The lawn mower needs to be fixed.
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11. Look at the big blue butter flies!
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12. We should say good night before we go.
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13. Do you want to play foot ball after school?
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14. A train blocked the rail road crossing.
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15. We set up our tent at a great camp ground.
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Home Activity Your child wrote compound words. Remind your child that no letters are dropped
from the two words that are combined to make a compound word.
Unit 2 Week 3 Day 2
Spelling Practice Book
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PROOFREAD
Compound Words
Proofread a Description Ann wrote about a family
reunion. Underline two words that should have been
a compound word. Circle three other spelling mistakes.
Write the words correctly. Add the missing comma.
All my relatives met at a camp ground.
The grownups talked while the kids
played football and chased butterflys.
Then evryone ate chicken popcorn,
bluebery pie, and other good food.
Nobody wanted to say goodnight.
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Spelling Words
sunglasses
football
homework
haircut
popcorn
railroad
snowstorm
earnng
scarecrow
blueberry
butterflies
lawnmower
campground
goodnight
toothbrush
Frequently
Misspelled
Words
Proofread Words Fill in the circle to show the
correctly spelled word.
5. Our family always has
a popcorn
on Sunday night.
a pop kom
6. Manuel's grandma has a
a scarecrow
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Home Activity Your child identified misspelled compound words. Have your child draw a line to
divide each list word into its two parts.
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sunglasses
railroad
butterflies
football
snowstorm
lawnmower
homework
earnng
campground
haircut
scarecrow
goodnight
popcorn
blueberry
toothbrush
Joining Words Write the compound word that is made from
the two smaller words.
1. rail + road
1.
2. blue + berry
2.
3. snow + storm
3.
4. lawn + mower
S. ear + ring
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6. good + night
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7. pop + corn
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8. hair + cut
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Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell compound words. Say the two words from a
compound word in reverse order (for example, brush and tooth). Have your child pronounce and
spell the compound word.
Unit 2 Week 3 Day 4
Spelling Practice Book