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.
