Sicat Love and Understanding for Reading with Fluency (SLURF): Addressing Problems in Reading for Grade 3 Pupils at Sicat Elementary School for the School Year 2017 -2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Founded on the results of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exams, progress in reading comprehension is lagging behind the improvement. Due to this, the Department of Education have been implementing programs and projects that will address the problem in reading. One of these projects is the School-to-School Partnership (SSP). This is to strengthen the cooperation, collaboration, and partnership among schools at the local level because these schools that are high-performing can be valuable resource as coaches, mentors, or role models for those schools that have not yet reached their full potential.

METHODS

Descriptive type of research was used in this study. All pupils in Sicat Elementary School took the Phil-IRI Test (Pre-test) and it was found out that the most number of pupils in Grade 3 are in frustration level. Out of 25 pupils, there were 10 who fall under frustration level. That is why the researcher gave focus on addressing problems in reading of the grade 3 pupils.

RESULTS

After the use of different strategies and techniques in reading, the pupils improved their skills in reading. There are 8 out of 10 pupils under frustration level who had a significant improvement in their reading ability after the implementation of this program.

DISCUSSIONS

Each pupils were given a parent to assist them on the use of the specialized reading books and modules. Reading materials were provided depending on the reading ability of each pupil. These parent-teachers tracked the pupils' progress on a daily basis using the individual monitoring tool. Daily activities of the pupils were closely monitored and weekly tests were strictly administered. There were also pupils who were good in reading from grade six who were tasked to conduct reading sessions with these pupils. Re-teaching of the week's lessons was given to pupils who fail at the weekly tests. The final test, which consists of the oral and written tests, were conducted to each participant to check their level of progress. To ensure the validity of the results of the final test and assess the efficacy of the program, a post-work for Phil-IRI was conducted.