1. Compound Nouns Identification Classification Application
A compound noun is …

2. Essential Learning Questions
What is the function of a compound noun?
How do I classify the types of compound nouns?
How do I apply compound nouns to my reading & writing?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.B Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.D Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).

3. Today’s Objectives Today I am….. So that I can………
applying my knowledge of open, closed & hypenated compound nouns.
So that I can………
identify, classify & apply them to the passage, Long Range Weather Report.
I’ll know I’ve got it when……..
can combine my comprehension of the text with the application of open, closed, & hyphenated nouns.
Mastery = 1) Comprehension of the text
2) Identification, classification, & application of compound nouns (open, closed & hyphenated)

4. Definition of Compound Noun
A compound word is formed by putting two words together to make a new word. The new word also has a new meaning.

5. Classification of Compound Nouns
Closed - the two words are together with no space
Example: basketball
Open – there is a space between the two words
Example: police officer
Hyphenated ( - ) – there is a hyphen/dash between the two words
Example: twenty-one

6. Closed Compound Nouns
A closed compound noun is formed when the there is no space between the two words.
Example:

7. Let’s Practice!

8. Can you write these?

9. Open Compound Nouns
Open compound nouns have a space between the words but when they are read together form a new meaning.
Examples:
police officer science fiction peanut butter
full moon North America swimming pool
ice cream coffee mug bus driver
post office living room web page
root word candy cane Christmas tree
cell membrane high school vice president
video game voice mail hot dog

10. Hyphenated Compound Nouns
Hyphenated compound words are connected by a hyphen. A hyphen looks like this
Examples:
one-half eighty-six mother-in-law
sister-in-law over-the-counter
full-time great-grandmother
fourteen-year-old x-ray warm-up
merry-go-round

11. weekend
sunshine
southeast
midweek
rainfall
downpour
Scotland
Highlands
mainland
forecaste
uprooted
however
overcast
overall
thunderstorms
backward
summertime
Sunday

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