Project BOOKWORM (Be Obsessed in Oozing Knowledge with Outstanding Reading Materials)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The research paper evaluated the performance of G7 students at Lumbang National High School during the SY 2017-2018 up to the present. It was based on the result of the PHIL-IRI conducted by the English 7 teachers, namely, Perlita Macapagal and Rowena Cresino from June 26 to August 9, 2017. Out of 228, 86 were on the frustration level in reading in word recognition and comprehension. The CIP team composed of Raquel Jugado, Rowena Cresino, Eleanor Manila, Ireneo Llarina, with Beatriz Rubico as their leader and initiator, functioned actively. They decided to focus on the 20 readers on the frustration level who required immediate remediation.

METHODS

The descriptive qualitative type of study was utilized in gathering data. Parents and guardians were interviewed about the reading habits and of their children. It was followed by home visitations, interventions, extensive tracking, monitoring, collaborative reading enrichment activities, pocket reading and manipulation of information technology such as gadgets in the forms of star books, laptops, and multi-media with the organization of Project BOOKWORM (Be Obsessed in Oozing Knowledge with Outstanding Reading Materials). It addressed the reading difficulties and improved their comprehension levels. It ensued through getting permission from the parents to engage their offspring in the reading sessions from November 20 to March 28, 2018. Assessment and report about the overall change as well as the study on the effect of the CIP to those with reading difficulties were done.

RESULTS

After the piloting procedures in their reading comprehension, the said 20 students have been gradually included in the instructional level. Still, others have been assessed at the independent level. With the help of the G7 teachers, reading deficiencies of the learners in the recognition of sounds, syllabication, the phrasing of words, stress, intonation, diction, pronunciation was enhanced. With the drawing of tables, graphs, diagrams and verified by pictorials with narrative reports, the team acquired valid evidence of their communication levels.

DISCUSSIONS

Visualizing the usefulness and implication of innovative gadgets, ICT Coordinator, Ireneo Llarina maneuvered the starbook in the learning process, wherein they found eagerness. The results manifested the necessity to continue the reading program to foster and nurture the reading habits of the learners. It should be a continuous process.