Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
CARAGA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF SURIGAO CITY
M. Ortiz Street, Washington, Surigao City

October 20, 2022

DIVISION MEMORANDUM
No. 289 , S. 2022
TO: Assistant School Division Superintendent
Curriculum Implementation Division Chief
Education Program Supervisors
Public Schools District Supervisors
Secondary School Heads
This Division
CONDUCT OF DIVISION-INITIATED PRE-READING ASSESSMENT WITH FOCUS ON
STAGE 1 INITIAL SCREENING (Phil-IRI GROUP SCREENING TEST-GST) IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE REVISED PHILIPPINE INFORMAL READING
INVENTORY (Phil-IRI) IN ENGLISH AND FILIPINO
1. With the incremental come back of face-to-face classes, it has come to the realization that this
Division needs to put much premium on the learners’ reading capacity as fragment of this
Division’s Learning Recovery Initiatives to withstand the vacuum created by pandemic. For this
to be addressed, this Division intends to conduct this DIVISION-INITIATED PRE-READING
ASSESSMENT enjoining all 65 elementary schools and 22 secondary schools, beginning October
12, 2022.
2. The sole objective of this activity is to assess the reading competence of all grade level learners
identifying them according to the three basic levels such as: Independent Level, Instructional
Level and Frustration Level.
3. The grade levels to be tested and the appropriate tool to be used are as follows:

Grade Level Learning Area/s Reading Tool

1 Grades 1-2 MTB-MLE EGRA-Early Grade Reading Assessment
2 Grades 3-7 Filipino Phil-IRI, 2018 version
3 Grades 4-12 English Phil-IRI, 2018 version

4. The soft copy for Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) is herein in attached (Inclosure 1);
while the soft copy of Phil-IRI Manual version 2018 shall be sent to the ten (10) Public Schools
District Supervisors, and to all FB Messenger chatrooms for elementary and secondary school
heads;
5. It is advised that the school head along with the school reading coordinator and the Grade level
teachers involved in the conduct of this activity shall carefully review the guidelines in the
conduct of the Group Screening Test (Stage 1 for Phil-IRI) stipulated in the Phil-IRI Manual
(version 2018), and EGRA tool.

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Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City
Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Landline: 826-3075
6. Templates for all reports required for both EGRA and Phil-IRI are herein attached (Inclosures 2
and 3).
7. Grade level advisers shall prepare the classroom report using the template specified in the
above-mentioned inclosures and submit such to the school reading coordinator.
8. In submitting the reports,
a.) the School Reading Coordinators shall consolidate the School Reading Pre-Test Results with
the given templates, and submit these to the District Reading Coordinators for preliminary
checking of the Public Schools District Supervisors; and eventually,
b.) the Public Schools District Supervisors shall forward for final submission the report to the
Division Office specifically to the CID Chief, Dr. Carlo P. Tantoy for Attention of the Division
Reading Coordinators: Dr. Felix N. Bagnol, for MTB-MLE, Dr. Filipina F. Meehleib for
Filipino, and Mr. Ricky L. Pedralba for English.
9. Deadline of submission of all consolidated reports in hard and soft copies duly signed by
concerned individuals will definitely be on or not later November 10, 2022.
10. All 10 district and 87 school reading coordinators are requested to join the Division Online
Reorientation on the conduct of this activity on October 25, 2022, a definitely 3:30 o’clock
PM via Google Meet platform. Link will be posted a day before the set activity.
11.For further details please contact Mr. Ricky L. Pedralba, EPS; Dr. Filipina F. Meehleib, EPS; and
Dr. Felix N. Bagnol, EPS.
12.Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.

KAREN L. GALANIDA, PhD, CESO V

Schools Division Superintendent

Encl:
As stated
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following Subjects:
ASSESSMENT READING ECARP MTB-MLE FILIPINO ENGLISH

/ rlp ‘22

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Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City
Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Landline: 826-3075
 Inclosure 1 to Division Memorandum No. ____, 2022 Conduct of Division-Initiated Pre-Reading Assessment with Focus on
Stage 1 Initial Screening (Phil-IRI Group Screening Test-GST) in the Administration of the Revised Philippine Informal Reading
Inventory (Phil-IRI) in English and Filipino
EGRA Tool – Sinurigaonon Version for Grades 1 and 2

TASK 1. LETTER SOUND KNOWLEDGE  60 seconds

 Ini papel na puno nan mga letra sa alpabeto na Sinurigaonon. Palihog isulti an Start the timer when
the child reads the first
TINGOG sa mga letra kutob sa imo nahibayuan, — ako utruhon: an TINGOG sa mga letra, letter.
dili kun an NGAYAN.
Pananglitan, [point to M] /m/an tingog nan ini na letra, pariha sa “MAMA”.  If a child hesitates
Magpraktis kita: Palihog isulti an tingog nan ini na letra [point to A]: or stops on a letter for
3 SECONDS, point to
If the child responds correctly, say: Sakto, /a/ an tingog nan ini na letra. the next letter and say
If the child does not respond correctly, say: /a/ an tingog nan ini na letra. “Go on”
Magtesting kita nan iban: Uno man an tingog nan ini na letra? [point to T]:
If the child responds correctly, say: Sakto, /t/ an tingog nan ini na letra.  When the timer
reaches 0, say “stop.”
If the child does not respond correctly, say: /t/ an tingog nan ini na letra.
Kun molaong gani ako na “Sugod na,” magsugod kaw dinhi [point to the first letter on the  If the child does
row after the example and draw your finger across the first line] tapos magpadajon kaw not provide a single
pasingud sa tuo [itudlo] hangtud sa ubos. Itudlo tapos isulti sa kusog na tingog an kada correct response on the
first line (10 items),
letra. Dajawa sanan paspasa pagbasa kutob sa imo mahimo. Kun jaoy letra na dili nimo say “Thank you!”,
mahibayuan an tingog, padajon lamang sa sunod na mga letra. Ibutang an imo tudlo sa nag- discontinue this
una na letra. Andam na kaw? Magsugod na ta. subtask, check the box
at the bottom, and go
 ( / ) Mark any incorrect letters with a slash
on to the next subtask.
( Ø ) Circle self-corrections if you already marked the letter incorrect
( ] ) Mark the final letter read with a bracket
Examples: m A T
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
O B n L M D S A n T [10]
P M A G A K d E k a [20]
K A R a i ng a L u G [30]
A m N I u a U N a b [40]
s A ng A h i A s g H [50]
n o U Y W a n a m e [60]
A I t o y L o i k L [70]
Y a N r A I w a T G [80]
g O A S t ng i S a N [90]
S a O NG P I A NG p a [100]

 Time remaining on stopwatch at completion (number of SECONDS)

 Exercise discontinued because the child had no correct answers in the first line

Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City

Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Task 2. NON-WORD READING  60 seconds
Landline: 826-3075
  Ini mga hinimo na mga sulti sa Sinurigaonon. Basaha ini kutob sa imo mahimo. Start the timer when
the child reads the first
Ajaw i-spell an mga sulti, hinuon basaha ini. Pananglitan, ini na hinimo na sulti: “bap”
word.
Magpraktis kita: Palihug basaha ini na sulti [point to the word: ol].
[If the child responds correctly]: Marajaw, ini na sulti “ol”
[If the child does not respond correctly, say]: Ang hinimo na sulti “ol.”
 If a child hesitates
or stops on a letter for
Magtesting kita pag utro: Palihug basaha ini na sulti [point to the next word: mun]. 3 SECONDS, point to
[If the child responds correctly, say]: “Marajaw, ini na sulti “mun” the next word and say
[If the child does not respond correctly say]: An hinimo na sulti “mun.” “Go on”

Kun molaong ako na “Pagsugod na,” pagsugod dinhi [itudlo an una na sulti] pagpadajon
pasingod sa tuo (itudlo) hangtod sa ubos. Itudlo sanan basaha pagkusog an kada hinimo na  When the timer
sulti. Dajawa pagbasa sanan paspasa kutob sa imo mahimo. Kun jaoy sulti na dili nimo reaches 0, say “stop.”
mahibayoan, padajon lamang sa sunod na mga sulti. Ibutang an imo tudlo sa nag una na
sulti. Andam na kaw? sugod na.
 If the child does
not provide a single
 ( / ) Mark any incorrect words with a slash correct response on the
( Ø ) Circle self-corrections if you already marked the word incorrect first line (5 items), say
“Thank you!”,
( ] ) Mark the final word read with a bracket discontinue this
subtask, check the box
Examples: bap ol mun at the bottom, and go
1 2 3 4 on to the next subtask.

sot ki om liba [4]

ud gan ayam muno [8]
nawo bupo inas ayol [ 12 ]
nalu nayo adul bopa [ 16 ]
hima ayid inal moga [ 20 ]

 Time remaining on stopwatch at completion (number of SECONDS)

 Exercise discontinued because the child had no correct answers in the first line

__________________________________________________________________________________________
Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City
Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Landline: 826-3075
Task 4. ORAL READING and COMPREHENSION  X

Remove the
pupil
 Basaha inin mubo na istorya. Pagkahuman nimo pagbasa, jaoy ako mga pangutana. stimuli
Palihug pamati pagdajaw sanan dajawa pagtubag an mga pangutana. Tubaga an mga pangutana booklet
gamit an sinultihan na imo nahibayuan. Andam na kaw? Magsugod na ta. from the
child’s
view.

Didto sa tiyangge sila Nanay sanan Perla. Magpalit sila nan mga isda sanan gulay. Nagpili si Do not
Nanay nan boras para sugbahon. Nagpili sab si Perla nan tangkong, petsay sanan kayobasa. “Hala, allow the
nabilin nako an pitaka sa bayay,” laong ni Nanay sa tindera. “Puyde sa pagbalik rakan nako an child to
bayad? Kuhaon ko anay an pitaka sa bayay. look at the
passage or
No the
QUESTION Correct Incorrect response questions.
Hain si Nanay sanan si Perla ?
[tiyangge] If a child
says “I
Uno man an napili na isda ni Nanay ? don’t
[boras] know,”
Uno man na mga gulay an napili ni Perla? mark as
[tangkong, petsay, kayobasa)] incorrect.
Uno man an tagkaproblemahan ni Nanay?
[nabilin/waya an ija pitaka]
Uno man an himuon ni Nanay?
[kuhaon nija an pitaka, balikon nija an tindera]

__________________________________________________________________________________________
Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City
Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Landline: 826-3075
Task 5. WRITING/DICTATION  X

Give the
child a
 Jaoy ako basahon na sentence. Pamati pagdajaw kay ako basahon an sentence nan tibuok sheet of
tapos basahon ko na sab pag-utro nan ginagmay para imo mahisuyat an sulti na imo mabatian. paper or let
Basahon ko na sab an tibuok na sentence para imo ma check an imo tagsuyat. Nasabtan nimo an imo them bring
angay buhaton? their paper
and pencil
to write on.

First Reading: Taghipos namo an mga duwaan sa bayay. Collect the

paper of the
child.
Second Reading: Taghipos namo/ an mga duwaan/ sa bayay.

Third Reading: Taghipos namo an mga duwaan sa bayay.

Note:

Kindly collect the paper of the pupil and write his/her name on it and the school name.

__________________________________________________________________________________________
Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City
Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Landline: 826-3075

Inclosure 2 to Division Memorandum No. ____, 2022 Conduct of Division-Initiated Pre-Reading Assessment with Focus on
Stage 1 Initial Screening (Phil-IRI Group Screening Test-GST) in the Administration of the Revised Philippine Informal Reading
Inventory (Phil-IRI) in English and Filipino

Contextualized Phil-IRI Form 1 B

(English)
 Screening Test Class Reading Record (STCRR)
Grade: _________ Section: __________ Teacher: ______________________________
School: ________________________________________________________________________
Screening Test Level: ________________ Date: _________________________________

Test Number Over-all Score Score

Taken of Correct Responses Score ‹ 14 ≥14
Name of Pupils √ or X Litera Inferenti Critica
(Family Name first/Start with Males) l al l
1 /20
2 /20
3 /20
4 /20
5 /20
6 /20
7 /20
8 /20
9 /20
10 /20
11 /20
12 /20
13 /20
14 /20
15 /20
16 /20
17 /20
18 /20
19 /20
20 /20
21 /20
22 /20
23 /20
24 /20
25 /20
Over-all Number of Pupils

Prepared by: Noted by:

___________________________ ______________________________
Teacher School Head

( Note: Please see new Phil-IRI Manual for sample of this template, page 631 (English). )

__________________________________________________________________________________________
Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City
Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Landline: 826-3075

Contextualized Phil-IRI Form 1 A

(Filipino)

Talaan ng Pangkatang Pagtatasa ng Klase (TPPK))

Baitang: _________ Seksyon: __________ Guro: ______________________________
Paaralan: __________________________________________________________________
Antas ng Pangkatang Pagtatasa: ________________ Petsa: _____________________________

Nakuhaa Bilang nga Tamang Sagot Kabuua Markan Markan

ng (ayon sa Uri ng Tanong) ng g g
Pagtatas Marka ‹ 14 ≥14
a
Pangalan √ or X Litera Paghihin Kritik
(Mauna ang Apelyido/Mag-umpisa sa l uha al
mga Lalaki) (Inferentia
l)
1 /20
2 /20
3 /20
4 /20
5 /20
6 /20
7 /20
8 /20
9 /20
10 /20
11 /20
12 /20
13 /20
14 /20
15 /20
16 /20
17 /20
18 /20
19 /20
20 /20
21 /20
22 /20
23 /20
24 /20
25 /20
Kabuuan ng Bilang ng Mag-aaral

Inihanda ni: Binigyang Pansin ni:

___________________________ ______________________________
Guro Punong Guro

( Paala-ala: Ang mag-aaral na nagtamo ng kabuuang marka na ≥ 14/20 ay hindi na kailangang kumuha nga Phil-IRI.)

__________________________________________________________________________________________
Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City
Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Landline: 826-3075
 RESULTS OF THE GROUP SCREENING TEST
(GST)

Level: _____________________________________
Total GST Takers : ___________________________
Takers who passed: _________________________
Takers below cut-off: ________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

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RESULTS OF THE GROUP SCREENING TEST

(GST)

Level: _____________________________________
Total GST Takers : ___________________________
Takers who passed: _________________________
Takers below cut-off: ________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

RESULTA NG PANGKATANG PAGTATASA NG KLASE

(PPK)
Baitang: ____________________________________
Kabuuan na bilang ng Mag-aaral : _______________
Bilang ng mga Pumasa: ________________________
Bilang ng mga Hindi Pumasa: ___________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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RESULTA NG PANGKATANG PAGTATASA NG KLASE

(PPK)
Baitang: ____________________________________
Kabuuan na bilang ng Mag-aaral : _______________
Bilang ng mga Pumasa: ________________________
Bilang ng mga Hindi Pumasa: ___________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________
Office Address: M. Ortiz St., Brgy. Washington, Surigao City
Email: Surigao.deped.gov.ph
Landline: 826-3075
 Inclosure 1 to Division Memorandum No. ____, 2022 Conduct of Division-Initiated Pre-Reading Assessment with Focus on Stage 1 Initial Screening (Phil-IRI Group
Screening Test-GST) in the Administration of the Revised Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) in English and Filipino
EGRA INDVIDUAL SCORING TEMPLATES– Sinurigaonon Version for Grades 1 and 2

PUPILS TASK 1-LETTER SOUND KNOWLEDGE

1 O B n L M D S A n T P M A G A K d E k a K A R a i
ng a L u G A m N I u a U N a b s A ng A h i A s g H
ng o U Y W a n a m e A I t o y L o l k L Y a N r A
N
I W a T G g O A S t ng i S a N S a O G P I A NG p a
No. of Minutes Read
2 O B n L M D S A n T P M A G A K d E k a K A R a i
ng a L u G A m N I u a U N a b s A ng A h i A s g H
ng o U Y W a n a m e A I t o y L o l k L Y a N r A
N
I W a T G g O A S t ng i S a N S a O G P I A NG p a
No. of Minutes Read
3 O B n L M D S A n T P M A G A K d E k a K A R a i
ng a L u G A m N I u a U N a b s A ng A h i A s g H
ng o U Y W a n a m e A I t o y L o l k L Y a N r A
N
I W a T G g O A S t ng i S a N S a O G P I A NG p a
No. of Minutes Read
4 O B n L M D S A n T P M A G A K d E k a K A R a i
ng a L u G A m N I u a U N a b s A ng A h i A s g H
ng o U Y W a n a m e A I t o y L o l k L Y a N r A
N
I W a T G g O A S t ng i S a N S a O G P I A NG p a
No. of Minutes Read
5 O B n L M D S A n T P M A G A K d E k a K A R a i
ng a L u G A m N I u a U N a b s A ng A h i A s g H
ng o U Y W a n a m e A I t o y L o l k L Y a N r A
N
I W a T G g O A S t ng i S a N S a O G P I A NG p a
No. of Minutes Read
6 O B n L M D S A n T P M A G A K d E k a K A R a i
ng a L u G A m N I u a U N a b s A ng A h i A s g H
 ng o U Y W a n a m e A I t o y L o l k L Y a N r A
N
I W a T G g O A S t ng i S a N S a O G P I A NG p a
No. of Minutes Read
7 O B n L M D S A n T P M A G A K d E k a K A R a i
ng a L u G A m N I u a U N a b s A ng A h i A s g H
ng o U Y W a n a m e A I t o y L o l k L Y a N r A
N
I W a T G g O A S t ng i S a N S a O G P I A NG p a
No. of Minutes Read

PUPILS TASK 2-NON-WORD READING SUMMARY

No. of No. of No. of No. of
pupils pupils pupils pupils
correctl correctly correctly correctly
y read read 6- read 11- read 15-
mun 1-5 10 15 20
1 sot ki om liba ud gan ayam o nawo bupo GRADE words words words words Remarks
inas ayol nalu nayo adul bopa hima ayid inal moga GRADE 1
No. of Minutes Read GRADE 2
mun
2 sot ki om liba ud gan ayam o nawo bupo GRADE 3
inas ayol nalu nayo adul bopa hima ayid inal moga Total
No. of Minutes Read
mun
3 sot ki om liba ud gan ayam o nawo bupo
inas ayol nalu nayo adul bopa hima ayid inal moga
No. of Minutes Read
mun
4 sot ki om liba ud gan ayam o nawo bupo
inas ayol nalu nayo adul bopa hima ayid inal moga
No. of Minutes Read
mun
5 sot ki om liba ud gan ayam o nawo bupo
inas ayol nalu nayo adul bopa hima ayid inal moga
No. of Minutes Read
mun
6 sot ki om liba ud gan ayam o nawo bupo
inas ayol nalu nayo adul bopa hima ayid inal moga
No. of Minutes Read
mun
7 sot ki om liba ud gan ayam o nawo bupo
inas ayol nalu nayo adul bopa hima ayid inal moga

TASK 3-LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Question Question Questio
1 Question 2 3 n4 Question 5

SUMMARY
N
o
I I I I I
n n n n r n
C c C c c N C c e C c
o o o o o o o o s o o No. of
r r No r r C r re r r p r r Learners No. of No. of No. of No. of
r r re r r No o r sp r r o r r with 1 Learners Learners Learners Learners
e e sp e e resp rr e o e e n e e No correct with 2 with 3 with 4 with 5
c c on c c ons e c ns c c s c c resp respons correct correct correct correct
PUPILS t t se t t e ct t e t t e t t onse GRADE e responses responses responses responses Total

1 GRADE 1

2 GRADE 2

3 GRADE 3

4 Total

TASK 4-ORAL READING & COMPREHENSION

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5
Incorrec No No Incorrec No No No
PUPILS Correct t response Correct Incorrect response Correct t response Correct Incorrect response Correct Incorrect response
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

TASK 5- WRITING DICTATION SUMMARY

No. of Pupils who No. of Pupils who No. of Pupils who
LEARNERS Correctly written Incorrectly written Can't write GRADE LEVEL wrote correctly wrote incorrectly can't write
1 Grade 1
2 Grade 2
3 Grade 3
4
5
6
7