We introduced spelling ‘stems’ to both 5S and 5K on Friday. These stems are very powerful tools in decoding spelling words and determining their meaning.

Here is an example of the stem vac:

During the first few weeks we will learn the following ten stems:

bi – two
pre – before
sub – under
vac – empty
super – over
un – not
inter – between
semi – half
dis – away
sym – together