The Teaching of Subject and Verb Agreement through Differentiated instruction of Grade Five Pupils in Malagonlong Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

English is a very important subject in the curriculum. It involves the four communication skills -: listening, speaking, reading and writing which are necessary to enable us to communicate effectively in order to express our thoughts and our feelings, we need to speak and write them on the printed page. One of the most persistent problems met by Filipino educators today is the lack of capability on the part of the students to express their thoughts in English both in oral and in written form, particularly the latter. Adding to this problem is the students’ little concern in improving their language skills as long as they get above the line grade in the subject. The researcher used the differentiated instruction in Teaching "subject and verb agreement" among the Grade Five Pupils in Malagonlong Elementary School. Subject-: verb agreement lesson is deemed to be a crucial topic for pupils to learn and master to achieve great academic performance.

METHODS

The study covered the teaching of subject and verb agreement through differentiated instruction among Grade Five Pupils in Malagonlong Elementary School. It discussed the distinct feature of differentiated instruction as used in teaching subject and verb agreement with lessons about present, past, and future tenses. The descriptive method of research was used with the lesson plan as the main data gathering tools. There were 36 students under grade five level who became the respondents of the study. The statistical tools used were frequency, percentage, and ranking. The descriptive method was used in this study. The study applied the documentary method about differentiated instruction and writing a lesson plan.

RESULTS

The study revealed that the learning of subject-: verb agreement was more enjoyable and effective for pupils using the differentiated instruction. The researcher used differentiated instruction to meet the individual needs, improve learning outcomes, help students learn more efficiently and with deeper understanding, increase self-: awareness and inspire a love of learning. To raise the level of performance of the Grade V pupils in subject and verb agreement, the proposed activities are drills, games, and group activity.

DISCUSSIONS

Differentiated instruction made learning a lesson enjoyable and effective. The findings of the study showed that majority of the pupils obtained a high performance after using differentiated instruction