Final consonant blends dge, nge

Read these · 14 words

◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.

Read the sentences

• The cat sat at the edge of the ledge and did not budge.
• The cat sat on the fence.
• The fog is dense.

Write what you hear

Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.