Compound Words

Primary 3-6 tahun:

Dikenalkan pada umur 5.5 tahun

Resources:

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Elementary (6-12 tahun):

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“Kenalkan root words, when they are alone we call it root words. A root word is a word that has meaning. When you take two root words and combine, the new word you create is called a compound word. 

Pin is root wheel is root when combine become compound.

Compound comes from Latin componere which means to combine.

Exercises:

1. Letak root dan cari words yang sepadan
2. Challenge think of a word and come up with how many compounds
3. Compound and child separate
4. Puzzle

* Early compound words 

• toothpaste                                                      
• lipstick                                                             
• playground                                                     
• doghouse                                                        
• handshake                                                      
• sunflower  
• firefly
• moonlight
• railroad   
• candlestick
• cartwheel
• dragonfly
• eyeball
• fingernail
• hairband
• hotdog
• milkshake
• ponytail
• starfish
• watermelon
• wheelchair

* Later compound words

• midnight
• daydream
• brainstorm
• earthquake
• busybody
• soundproof
• makeup
• airport
• boardwalk
• bodyguard
• superstar
• tablespoon
• timekeeper

Other resources:

What Did We Do All Day?

Understanding the roots of words, is a clever way to really know our language! 

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