However, learning the stem words can be very helpful, especially if the other language is one that uses a similar one or derivation. People who live in the United States and learning English as a second language can find stem words very helpful, as well.
Of course, there are other reasons for using words stems as well, such as increasing reading, writing and speaking ability, searching on the Internet, looking up words in the dictionary or encyclopedia, even puzzles.
This current year, the school system began requiring that all students in the grades fourth through eighth study word stems during the school months. My principal assigned me the responsibility of making sure that all teachers in these grades were trained in their usage, had the proper materials and were following the timeline to implement the program.
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I ran off the weekly lessons and put them in a binder for each teacher. As a follow-up, every nine weeks, I check with each teacher to make sure they are following the timeline and find out if they need any additional materials. Thus far, the program is going well and the teachers are reasonably close to the expected timeline.
Projects, such as this one, help make the learning processes more consistent in the school, which enhances movement from one grade level to another. It also promotes collaboration with the staff, which is one of the main goals for our school at this time. The more inter and intra (two great stem words) school programs like this, the better
