Wilson Cookbook 7 2 The Fudge Rule dge

Wilson Cookbook 7. 2 The Fudge Rule dge, nce

dge says /j/ Lets figure out why! If I listen to the sounds used to make fudge, it sounds like It needs a closed syllable, but just like the letter “v”, no word in English ends in “j”.

dge says /j/ Lets figure out why! If I change the j to the other letter that makes a /j/ sound (g), I get f /f/ u /ŭ/ g /g/ It seems like it is almost right, but my g makes a /g/ instead of a /j/, so I need a silent e at the end.

dge says /j/ Lets figure out why! When I add the silent e, what happens to the u? f /f/ u /ū/ g /j/ e /_/ Now it rhymes with huge! Let’s try doubling the g.

dge says /j/ Lets figure out why! When I add the second g, it makes two different g sounds. f /f/ u /ŭ/ g /g/ g /j/ e /ē/ Now it rhymes with huge! Let’s try doubling the g.

dge says /j/ Lets figure out why! So I am going to use a d. The special sound made by combining dge closes the syllable, f /f/ u /ŭ/ d /d/ g /j/ e /_/ and gets rid of the g sound, leaving one job for the silent e.

dge says /j/ Lets figure out why! Ta da! f /f/ u /ŭ/ Three letters that make one consonant sound are called a trigraph.

dge says /j/ Read these words with dge: • smudge • ledge • bridge • hedge • badge • judge • ridge • fudge • lodge • dodge • nudge • budge • edge • trudge • hodgepodge

Wilson Fairy Tales How the Prince spells his name Why it is spelled with nce Princ would be pronounced /prink/, so the e at the end makes the c say /s/. The e does not make a sound, does not make the i long, and does not add a syllable. Its only job in this word is to change the /k/ of c to an /s/. After all, who ever heard of a handsome princ?

Wilson Fairy Tales What is the job of the e at the end of these words? Mark the word on the board dance plunge sentence Hinge substance

Wilson Fairy Tales Read these words: imbalance enhance lunge divulge pudge singe

Wilson Fairy Tales trudge Is the vowel long or short? Why? What is the job of e? What letters can spell /j/? Is j ever used to spell /j/ at the end of a word?