Compound Words

Compound words was a focus for our class this morning.  This idea can sometimes be tricky.  We talked about the idea that if you can picture each word in the compound word in your brain, then it's a compound word.  If it is just a sound and nothing you can picture, it's not a compound word.  Knowing how to break words apart and put them back together helps students decode, longer, more complex words.  

We read the very popular If You Give a Pig a Pancake book and discovered it is full of compound words.  Next, we made a list of our own compound words and talked about the rule.  Then we had worked on a number of activities that required us to find, write, and break apart compound words.  Finally, everyone enjoyed a pan-cake to celebrate the new learning.

(No.... I do not come up with these ideas on my own.  The invention of the Internet has allowed teachers to share their great ideas instead of constantly reinventing the wheel.  I LOVE it!)  :)