1. Compound words & suffixes –ion/-tion
Grade 5 Lesson 20
Compound words & suffixes –ion/-tion

2. Compound words
When we combine two words to form a new word, we call it a compound word. Compound words are pronounced with equal stress or emphasis on each word. out + field = outfield champion + ship = championship quarter + back = quarterback

3. Suffix -tion -tion = act of or state of
(pronounced “shun”)
Key words: operation, construction
(changes a verb to a noun)

4. Suffix -ion -ion = condition of, state of Key Word: reunion, champion
(pronounced “yun”)
Key Word: reunion, champion

5. Spelling words
outfield function championship dictionary spacecraft contraction halfway deflation sunflower eruption sunlight operation quarterback completion newsstand direction outside observation reunion construction