Project SUDAP: Supervision to Unleash Difficulties Among Pupils in Reading

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading is one of the significant fundamentals of education. Dapdap Elementary School has always been one of the schools that have increasing number of frustration level in reading based on the consolidated Phil-IRI in the City of Tagaytay. These perennial problems affect the increasing number of failing pupils and low scores in periodical test. The school believes in the importance of reading and every child should be a reader. Thus, Dapdap ES in partnership with Sungay ES decided to launch Project SUDAP (Supervision to Unleash Difficulties Among Pupils in Reading that focuses primarily in 20 Grade 3 pupils under frustration level.

METHODS

A descriptive method was used in the study to find out the reading performance of the pupils. The respondents of the study were the 20 Grade 3 pupils under frustration level of Dapdap ES for school year 2017-2018. The pupils were divided into three groups based on their reading ability under the supervision of three reading teachers. They used different strategies to help the pupils to improve reading levels. Weekly, they conducted reading assessment tests for them to identify the pupils' progress. The leader school monitored the conduct of the program and gave the proper guidance and shared its best practices to the partner school. The data gathered were tabulated, evaluated and analyzed using percentage to identify the reading levels of the pupils.

RESULTS

There was significant improvement in the reading abilities of the selected pupils-14 out of the 20 pupils were categorized under the instructional level while there were still six pupils that needed intervention. Phonics approach in reading was effective in improving the skills of the pupils in word recognition.

DISCUSSIONS

The implementation of Project SUDAP helped the pupils who had difficulty in reading. Based on the results, this project should be continuously implemented in the next school year.