Alternative Teaching Reading Strategies for Grade V Learners in Panigayan Elementary School

This study determined the alternative strategies in teaching reading in distant learning modality. The mixed method was used in this study in which minimum in qualitative method. The participants of this study were sixty (60) grade V learners of Panigayan Elementary School who are enrolled in school year 2020- 2021. The grade V leaners assessed their reading performance using the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) as well as determined their reading level using the KaBaRo template of the school. The results showed that during the pre-reading assessment 53 learners were categorized in levels 1 – 3 wherein10 in level 1, 30 in level 2, and 13 in level 3. Moreover, there were only 7 learners belonged to level 4. The different strategies used in teaching reading were modified board games, flash card-based, and reading tutorial videos. After the 10 weeks of reading intervention, post-reading assessment was administered. The result showed that there was an improvement on the reading performance of the participants. There were 9 who belonged in level 2, 10 in level 3 and 41 in level 4. Furthermore, during the focus group discussion, most of the participants preferred to learn reading using modified board games and least preferred to use flashcard-based