Fudge is a sweet, chocolatey treat. To whip up a batch of fudge, people follow a recipe. They add nuts or other ingredients to their fudge mix. Beginning readers hone their phonics skills while learning about making fudge. As readers practice decoding words with trigraphs tch and dge, they gain practical knowledge. Every Stairway Decodables book combines multiple aspects of the Science of Reading to support small group instruction, independent reading, and reading practice at home.