Sample Action Research

Department of Education
Division of Misamis Oriental
2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

CONGRESS
Recognizing Letters Thru Phonetic Awareness Creates

Positive Reading Outcomes of Kindergarten Pupils
Amidst Modular
Distance Learning


CONGRESS
Context and Rationale
Phonemic awareness is a broad skill that includes identifying and manipulating units
of oral language. Children who have phonological awareness are able to identify and
make oral rhymes, can clap out the number of syllables in a word, and can recognize
words with the same initial sounds like “ money” and “ mother”. Phonemic awareness
refers to the specific ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds in spoken
words. Phonemes combine to form syllables and words. Acquiring phonemic awareness
is important because it is the foundation for spelling and word recognition skills.
Phonemic awareness is one of the best predictors of how well children will learn to read.

Context and Rationale CONGRESS
Early reading instruction takes a hit during COVID- 19 pandemic. The need is great!
Public schools in particular have difficulty in setting up online learning courses for
beginning readers and many poorer communities have no access to online courses.
Modular- distance learning leads to continue the learning processes of the learners. It
takes challenging approaches and strategies. The stakeholders especially the guardians
and parents of the learners were needed. More patience to both parents and teachers are
required. In response to the current crisis, everyone in the community needs deeper
understanding on the situation and will help one another to sustain the need of the
children, which is education.


Research Objectives CONGRESS
This research aims to:


 Know the importance of phonetic awareness skills of a

child and how it creates good reading outcome.

 Know the importance of phonetic awareness skills of a child and how it creates good reading
outcome.
 Seek strategies and techniques in developing the phonetic skills

of a child in the modular- distance learning set- up.

 Know the importance of phonetic awareness skills of a child and how it creates good reading
outcome.
 Seek strategies and techniques in developing the phonetic skills of a child in the modular- distance learning set- up.
Know some factors that affects the reading ability of a child

during the modular- distance learning set-up.

Research Questions CONGRESS
This research answers the following questions:


1.How do the phonetic awareness skills of a child create good

reading outcome in the first grade?

1. How do the phonetic awareness skills of a child create good reading outcome in the first grade?
2.What are some strategies and techniques to be used to develop

the phonetic skills of a child during modular- distance learning?

1. How do the phonetic awareness skills of a child create good reading outcome in the first grade?
2. What are some strategies and techniques to be used to develop the phonetic skills of a child during modular-
distance learning?
3.What are some factors that affects the reading ability of a child?

Methodology CONGRESS
My participants are Kindergartener learners, individual

assessment will be used in gathering data and information.
Interview also may do to observe and evaluate their responses.
Informal assessment will be used during the conduct to gain
favor to the participants.

The study composed of 53 Kindergarten pupils of San Juan

Elementary School. Since face to face is prohibited, the guidance
of their guardians, parents, or home study buddy will be needed to
generate responses.

The researcher conducts an assessment survey of the Kindergarten pupils

during 1st quarter of the year wherein each study buddy at home will be
given a survey questionnaire together with the modules where pupil
individually identifies the letter sound through big and small letters. The
buddy then encircle the figure on the paper she is holding every time the
learner got the correct sound and leave the figure un- circle where the
learners got the incorrect sound.

After the said assessment, the researcher then record how many
learners know their phonics and give interventions to those
who were not. Then another assessment survey will be given
after the next quarter to assess the phonics skills of the learners.


Ambush interview

Ambush interview
1. What are the factors that affects
the learning development of the
children? (Unsa man ang mga
rason ngano maglisod ang mga
bata sa pagbas?)

Ambush interview
1. What are the factors that affects
the learning development of the
children? (Unsa man ang mga
rason ngano maglisod ang mga
bata sa pagbas?)
2. How can I help you to develop

the reading development of the
learners? (Unsa ang akong
matabang pa aron makabasa ang
mga bata?)

Results and Discussion CONGRESS
During the first administration of the survey on the
phonetic skills of the learners. In the upper case
administration, there were 11 of learners who can give
the correct sound of the letters out of 53 learners. And
there were 10 learners out of 53 who can give the
exact sound of each letter on the lower case.
This result showed that the Kindergarten learners need
more intervention and assistant to learn their phonics.
This give an answer why there were only few learners
who can read syllables since they have poor phonemic
awareness. And the learners who can read the syllables
are the learners who have good phonemic awareness.

 Reading Tutorials to Home Study Buddy
 Reading pamphlets for learners
 Simple cards These are the strategies used to improve

the reading ability of the children in the
 Harnessing the power of technology to keep Modular- Distance Learning modality.
your child engaged
 Blank CDs’/ DVDs’
 Assessment Surveys
 Constant monitoring with home study buddy


The second administration with the given
intervention shows that there were increase of
learners who know their phonemes. In the
upper case figure, there were 87 percent of
learners who can sound out uppercase letters,
and 75 percent of learners who can sounded
out lowercase letters well. This result may
lead to an increase of learners who can read
syllables and may develop further success in
reading.

Factors that Affects Reading Development of Children
During Modular- Distance Learning
Customer’s Voice
(Home Study Buddy)
These are the responses of the
1. Lack of reading materials or any printed materials at home parents/ guardians/ home study
buddy in an ambush interview
during their visitation in school.
2. Lack of time to guide/ teach children
3. No internet connections
4. No gadgets (smartphones)
5. Children have no interest to do learning works.

Customer’s Voice Actions Taken
(Home Study Buddy)
1. Lack of reading materials or any printed materials Printing any reading materials that caters the need of
the learners and give it to them together with the
SLMs.
2. Lack of time to guide/ teach children Encouraging parents to give ample time to their
children.
Let the older siblings guide the younger ones.


Customer’s Voice Actions Taken

(Home Study Buddy)
3. No internet connections Providing offline videos using the blank CDs or

DVDs and let it play through DVD players.
4. No gadgets (smartphones)
5. Children have no interest to do learning works. Giving of rewards to motivate children.


References CONGRESS
5 Phonological & Phonemic Awareness Activities. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from
https://www.lwtears.com/blog/phonological-phonemic-awareness-
activities
9 ways to build phonological awareness in pre-K and kindergarten. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from
https://www.understood.org/en/schoollearning/learning-at-home/encouraging-reading-writing/9-ways-to-
buildphonological-awareness-in-pre-k-and-kindergarten
(2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from
https://garph.co.uk/IJARMSS/Dec2016/23.pdf

https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wpcontent/uploads/pdf/conferences/research-congressproceedings/2014/LLI/LLI-II-018-
FT.pdf

References CONGRESS
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED598281.pdf
Gagen, M. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from

http://www.righttrackreading.com/whatpais.html
Learning, U. (2021). Phonemic Awareness: Concepts and Research. Retrieved 6 March 2021, from
http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/pa/pa_what.php
Reading 101: The Importance of Phonemic Awareness - PediaSpeech Services.

(2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from https://www.pediaspeech.com/reading-
101-the-importance-of-phonemic-awareness/
The Importance of Phonemic Awareness in Learning to Read - SEDL Letter, Putting Reading First, Volume XIV,
Number 3, December 2002. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from

References CONGRESS
https://sedl.org/pubs/sedl-letter/v14n03/3.html
The Importance of Phonemic Awareness in Learning to Read - SEDL Letter,
Putting Reading First, Volume XIV, Number 3, December 2002. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from
https://sedl.org/pubs/sedl-letter/v14n03/3.html
Vocabulary and reading comprehension as a measure of reading skills of Filipino
children. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282121510_Vocabulary_and_readi
ng_comprehension_as_a_measure_of_reading_skills_of_Filipino_children
What is phonemic awareness and why is it important to my child's learning to read?
| BabyCenter. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from

https://www.babycenter.com/child/learning-and-education/what-is-phonemicawareness-and-why-is-it-important-to-
my-chi_69637
What your child should learn before kindergarten – The Manila Times. (2021).
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https://www.manilatimes.net/2017/08/14/lifestyle-entertainment/lifetimes/child-learn-kindergarten/344422/

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Department of Education

Division of Misamis Oriental

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

Recognizing Letters Thru Phonetic Awareness Creates

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

This research aims to:

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

 Know the importance of phonetic awareness skills of a

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

 Seek strategies and techniques in developing the phonetic skills

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

Know some factors that affects the reading ability of a child

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

This research answers the following questions:

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

1.How do the phonetic awareness skills of a child create good

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2.What are some strategies and techniques to be used to develop

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

My participants are Kindergartener learners, individual

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

The study composed of 53 Kindergarten pupils of San Juan

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

The researcher conducts an assessment survey of the Kindergarten pupils

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2. How can I help you to develop

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

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 Reading pamphlets for learners

 Simple cards These are the strategies used to improve

 Blank CDs’/ DVDs’

 Constant monitoring with home study buddy

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

Let the older siblings guide the younger ones.

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

Customer’s Voice Actions Taken

3. No internet connections Providing offline videos using the blank CDs or

5. Children have no interest to do learning works. Giving of rewards to motivate children.

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

(2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

Gagen, M. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from

Reading 101: The Importance of Phonemic Awareness - PediaSpeech Services.

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

| BabyCenter. (2021). Retrieved 6 March 2021, from

2021 DISTRICT RESEARCH

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