Project 2PAIR-C: A Community Approach to Address the Reading Comprehension Skills of Grades II, III and VI Pupils at Pajo Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading is an activity with a purpose. A person may read in order to gain information, verify existing knowledge to enhance communication skills and language or just for enjoyment. In order to become more literate and competent in reading all children must increase their comprehension skills of what they are reading. All pupils comprehend at varying rates. Pupils need little help or to no help comprehending while others struggle to attend enough to accurately restate what they've heard or read. As teachers, we strive to help individual pupils increase their reading comprehension.

METHODS

This action research employed the used of the PHIL-IRI test administered to the pupils in Grade II.II and VI pupils last June 2016. This tool used to determine the respondents.

This study found out that many of the pupils in Grade II reads to have intervention first in developing their word recognition and then develop their comprehension. It was also reflected that many of the pupils in Grade II and VI are able to read fluently but still have difficulty in understanding what they have read. This is important in order for the pupils to be successful by incorporating reading strategies like group reading in a small group with the guidance of the teachers, parents, and volunteers from the community, to improve their skills and understand concepts in the different learning areas.

RESULTS

After assessing, the reading program focus on the intervention using a community approach to improve the comprehension level of the pupils through project 2PAIR-C. It set a goal to reduce the numbered of the identified frustration readers by the end of the program.This reading program focused on 74 pupils wherein 23 pupils identified in the frustration level, 40 in instructional level and 11 in independent level during the pre-assessment comprehension test in the post-test, there were 10 pupils in frustration level, still 40 pupils in instructional level and 24 pupils in independent level.

DISCUSSIONS

It is clear from our action research project that Project 2PAIR-C improved pupils reading comprehension. It is recommended that the Project 2PAIR-C must continue and should be applied also to other grade levels. It shows that the project with the help of the community has a great impact on the reading comprehension of the pupils thus improving also their skills in different learning areas.