Project Bridge: A Tool in Enhancing the Reading Skills of Grade Ii -Vi Students of Santa Cruz Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Sta. Cruz elementary school is the only central school in the district of Sta. Cruz, Division of Laguna. With a good number of enrollees from kindergarten to garde 6 which accounts to 2775 learners. Poor reading skills has always been a persistent problem of the school that significantly affects their academic performance which evidently prevails in the results of the PHIL IRI English. The result showed that there were 62 non-readers and 628 pupils fell under frustration level. They were given several reading tests to fully validate the results and it consistently showed that pupils have poor reading skills. The alarming result of the PHILI IRI, where majority of the pupils fell under frustration level prompted the school to think of astructured reading program, Project BRIDGE, a CIP project

METHODS

This study utilized the result of pre and post test of PHIL IRI, descriptive methods is used. The research used localized and indigenized reading materials with a 5 item questions that hasan increasing level of difficulty per month. Assessment was done through filled up M and E of Project BRIDGE

RESULTS

The utilization of project BRIDGE to enhance the reading skills of the pupils was proven to be an effective tool. The part of the monthly assessment has shown a significant increase in the reading skills of the pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

With a deeper analysis and a thorough assessment of the implementation result, project BRIDGE has truly served its purpose