Project CLEAR (Comprehensive Learning Enrichment Approach Reading): An Intervention on the Reading Ability of Grade 2 Pupils of Sta. Cruz (Bucal) Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Education (Department of Education) aims to target that "Every Child Should be a Reader". Many pupils nowadays have difficulty in reading. Thus, it affects their performance in school.

Philippine Reading Inventory result of our school for grades II-VI for the school year 2017-2018 showed an increase in the percentage of Nonreaders. The reason for the frustration level is that they cannot read the words that resulted in the effects on the comprehension level of the pupils. With this alarming case, the school had focused on cultivating helpful approaches to aid the reading problems that the pupils encountered.

This had required the school to identify what would make the pupils be engaged in reading.

The objective of this study is to minimize the number of non-readers of Grade II pupils by 50 % by the end of February 2018. It also aimed to lessen the number of pupils under the frustration level. The respondents of the study where 14 Grade 2 pupils.

Project CLEAR is an intervention program of Sta. Cruz (Bucal) Elementary School under the Continuous Intervention Program (CIP).

METHODS

Pre-test and Post-test in PHIL-IRI was administered by the adviser. The results showed that 14 out of 104 pupils were considered as Non-readers. Hence, Project CLEAR was implemented. Parents of each pupil who underwent the said program were informed and oriented on how the program would benefit their children.

Four reading warriors together with the helped of General PTA Officers were selected and tasked to help the Grade 2 pupils. Reading materials were given to each respondent. The CI was implemented from July to March every weekday. The reading program was allotted with an hour of reading remediation for four months.

RESULTS

After the Phil-IRI Post Test, one pupil was left in the Non-Reader level. This result shows that pupils who had undergone the CLEAR project had improved. Moreover, one pupil who was left behind needs to undergo other reading interventions. The research started in July 2017 and lasted in March 2018.

DISCUSSIONS

This study shows the effectiveness of the CLEAR program that the school had conducted. It also suggested that the project would not only benefit the grade two non-readers but it can also be applicable to other grade levels so they could cope up with their reading skills. There is also a suggestion of putting up a reading program that would improve the comprehension level of students at the intermediate level.