Compound Words 2.0

Compound Word’s primary objective:
Help students learn to identify and spell two syllable compound words.

Compound Words is one of two programs in the Multi-Syllabic facet of SWAN — Spelling and Word Attack Nexus.

Other SWAN programs:
B-A-R: Build-A-Rhyme
Flash Charts—Short
Flash Charts—Long
Flash Charts—Digraph
Flash Charts—R-Control
Derived Words

Compound Words is organized by the vowel type (long, short, etc) of each syllable:
Step 1: Choose a vowel type for the first syllable.
Step 2: Choose a vowel type for the second syllable

The result is one of sixteen possible combinations: short-short, short-long, ...

Step 3: Choose a Vowel-Consonant Pattern for the first syllable.
Step 4: Choose a V-C Pattern for the second syllable.

You now see a word that meets your criteria.

If your search yields more than one word a large arrow will be underneath that word.
Click that arrow to see the second word.

Use arrows to navigate through your list of compound words.