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Abstract
Basic reading skills include language, concentration, visual processing skills, auditory processing skills which are important for developing phonemic awareness, memory and reasoning. At Lumampong Balagbag Elementary School, there are at present non-reader, twenty (20) of sounds and alphabets; slow readers were seven (7) for words and simple phrases, moderate reader was only one (1), for simple sentences, slow reader was one (1) and moderate reader was four (4). Sentence with comprehension slow readers were two (2). This study aimed to identify the gaps in reading of Grade One pupils at Lumampong Balagbag Elementary School. Specifically, it sought answers to the following questions: 1. What are the gaps in reading of Grade One pupils at Lumampong Balagbag Elementary School? 2. What reading intervention material may be used to improve the reading competencies of Grade One pupils? The researchers used the descriptive method of research in this study which was only appropriate to determine the gaps of Grade One pupils in reading at this school. Participants were seven teachers of Lumampong Balagbag Elementary School. Results revealed that there is a need to orient the pupils with the sound of the phonemes so that it would be easy for them to learn the vowels and consonant sounds. This paper presents, the reading intervention material called One on One and Many More which can be used to upgrade reading skills and break the cycle of reading failure for the grade one pupils.
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Copyright © 2025 Mariyam Genevieve D. Mojica. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
