Effectiveness of Project Boosting Reading Initiative in Developing Good Readers in Early Grades (Project BRIDGE) in Improving the Literacy Performance of Kindergarten Learners

AUTHOR(S)

GECILLE ELIDO

ABSTRACT

—— Long-term reading success depends on two sets of skills-decoding and language comprehension skills. Decoding skills or learning letters, letter sounds, and phonological awareness help children learn to read print in the early grades. Moreover, comprehension skills or understanding the meaning of texts, vocabulary and background knowledge help children understand what they read. Teaching these skills is crucial among kindergarten learners thus, teachers must create and initiate intervention activities and programs to assist teachers in providing the learning that learners need to achieve in a particular grade level. This study was formulated to evaluate the effectiveness of Project Boosting Reading Initiative in Developing Good readers in Early grades (BRIDGE) in improving the literacy performance of kindergarten learners. A quasiexperimental research design employing pre-test and post-test Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) tool to evaluate the reading ability of learners in the early grades is the tool used in evaluating the literacy performance of the learners which is based on DepEd Order No. 57 s. 2015. These materials were the tools used by the researcher to measure their pre-test and post-test performances. Moreover, lesson plans were crafted highlighting the utilization of digital short stories and activities provided in the implementation of Project BRIDGE. Simple percentage and t-test of mean difference were the statistical tools used to interpret the result of the study. The study revealed a significant difference in the literacy performance of the kindergarten learners before and after the implementation of Project Boosting Reading Initiative in Developing Good readers in Early grades (BRIDGE). Involving the learners in the teaching-learning activities and exposing them to variety and appropriate learning resources and with constant practice and exercises, learners really learn to read with understanding and fluency. Keywords — Effectiveness, Project BRIDGE, Literacy Performance, Kindergarten Learners