Sample Words From List
bomb
crumble
moisten
resign
muscular
limber
soft
crumb
soften
designate
muscle
design
Take a look at the sample words.
What do you notice about these words?
The shorter words can be found inside the longer words.
What do you think crumb means?
(noun) a tiny piece of something
What do you think crumble means?
(verb) to break into tiny pieces
Say crumb and crumble. What do you notice about how the words are pronounced?
In crumb, the letter b is silent. In crumble the letter b is sounded.
How do you think we could sort these words?
By the silent or sounded letter.
Let's practice sorting the words. Practice Sort
How are the words related in each sort column?
The words are related by spelling and meaning.