The Status of the Reading Comprehension and Reasoning Skill in MAthematics of Grade IIPupils of the Lalaan Central School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading is a fundamental academic and life skill; however, there are some elementary students who struggle with reading comprehension. Unfortunately, this fundamental skill is not being mastered by all students, and the lack of achievement is predominant among grade II students of Lalaan Central School. In Lalaan Central School, which consists of 160 grade II students, the elementary teachers are using a reading basal program that focuses on improving comprehension by implementing the following: predicting, visualizing, monitoring and clarifying, monitoring and adjusting reading speed, summarizing, and making connections.

METHODS

Thedescriptive method of research was utilized. The reason for using this method was the fact that the study dealt with the evaluation of students' level of reading comprehension and reasoning skills. The study evaluated the level of reading comprehension and reasoning skills of grade V elementary students of Lalaan Central School It involved gathering of information using validated and standardized tests to find out the extent of reading comprehension and reasoning skills demonstrated by the teachers. The researcher decided to conduct this study to be able to share knowledge and skills that she believes will help the teachers in their teaching.

RESULTS

As an output of this study, a proposed instructional material for grade II elementary students of Lalaan Central School in the Municipality of Silang is hereby presented by the researcher.

Based from the findings of the study, the proposed instructional materials will focus on the topics of the different areas of reading comprehension and reasoning skills that were evaluated from the students by the researchers as the respondents with Normal, Dull and Border results in reasoning skills while Good, Fair and Poor results in reading comprehension.

DISCUSSIONS

160 grade II students of Lalaan Central School, 85 students are Good in reading comprehension with a percentage value of53.13. The result shows that 30 students are Fair and 15 students who are Poor with a percentage value of 18.75 and 9.38 respectively. This shows that there are still students who need assistance to enhance their reading comprehension in Mathematics.

From the results of the reasoning skills of the students, it was found out that there is a need to improve the reasoning skills of grade II students in Lalaan Central School because of the numberof students who are in Normal, Dull and Border level of reasoning skills.