Article reflection: Word building: A strategic approach to the teaching of phonics.

Mr. Gunning teaches methods of instruction at Southern Connecticut and Central Connecticut Universities. He concentrates on an innate propensity of students to try to find portions of words which they can pronounce. In doing so, the student can establish the concept of word building. Mr. Gunnning's article commences by defining the concept of word building. He relates how new readers separate words into onset and rime. In the article, onset is described as an initial …

…from a rich literacy background. Educators should employ a variety of these methods to guarantee the development of the skills in their students. Teachers must also employ as many of these strategies as they possibly can. Each student reacts to different strategies in different ways. If all of the strategies are used this will ensure that all of the students have had the training necessary to make them the best readers that they can be.