102 Add Details

Convention: Compound Words

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will learn how to add details to make their writing clearer and more interesting. Students will also practice reading, spelling, and using compound words correctly.

Teaching Notes

• Explain that details answer questions like who, what, where, when, and how.
• Model a simple sentence and add details step by step.
• Teach that compound words are made from two smaller words joined together.
• Read compound words aloud so students can hear both parts.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Details help the reader picture the idea.
Good details tell more about:

• what happened
• who was there
• where it happened
• how it looked or felt

Compound words are two words joined to make one word.

Modeled Improvement (Before → After)

1. Before: I went outside.
   After: Why it’s better:

2. Before: I like school.
   After: Why it’s better:

3. Before: I saw a bug.
   After: Why it’s better:

4. Before: We played.
   After: Why it’s better:

5. Before: I did homework.
   After: Why it’s better:

Writing Choices Q&A

1. What do details do?

2. What is a compound word?

3. Is playground a compound word?

4. Is school work a compound word?

5. Do details help readers understand?

Mini Activities

1. Add a Detail
   I went home.

2. Find the Compound Word
   playground, play

3. Fix the Sentence
   I like base ball.

4. Choose the Better Sentence
   (I saw a bug. / I saw a ladybug on a leaf.)

5. Write a Sentence
   Use a compound word.

Writing Samples

(5 samples · 5–8 sentences · strong details + compound words)

Playing After School

My Schoolwork

A Day at the Baseball Field

Finding a Ladybug

At the Playground

Reflection

• Which detail helped your writing the most?