Lesson 26
Compound Words
Spelling Focus: A compound word is made of two or more words. Keep all the letters when spelling compounds: base + ball = baseball.
- baseball
- basketball *
- upstairs
- myself *
- highway
- classroom
- anyway
- newspaper
- something *
- sometimes *
- chalkboard
- earrings
- nighttime
- motorcycle
- downstairs
- softball
- weekend
- classmate
- doorbell
- driveway
*indicates words that are most commonly misspelled by fourth graders in their writing.