Project: Leading Enhancement Advance Development (LEAD)

Sarah S. santok,Ed.D.

Research has shown that knowledge of the Alphabetic principle is an important

factor in writing ability of young students. Children must acquire basic phonemic

awareness and, in particular, the ability to detect systematic relationship between

the sound segments of spoken words and the letters in the spelling Adam, 1990).

Once the first grade At Risk students acquired this knowledge, they were more

willing to put their thought in written form since they were able to decode words.

The San Agustin came up with the school based innovation Project Leading

Enhancement advance Development (LEAD).

The benefit of the Module to be used by the learners during rainy season.

Especially the learners belongs to Indigenous People. The module was useful to the

learners during cancellation of classes because of strong typhoon. The teachers

cannot crossed the rivers with the strong typhoon. The proponent made the module

ready to print to assist the teachers especially the beginning teachers assigned

the IPED School.

The teachers will conduct the pre and post assessment to the learners during

opening of the classes and semester break. The proponent and the school head

will conduct strict monitoring and evaluation in the progress report of every learners.

The project LEAD found effective not only in the IPED School but also in the

non-iped schools. During opening classes they used the Module to test the phonemic

awareness of the learners. The module is also available to bring at home for

enrichment purposes for the beginner readers and slow readers.

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The author is ESHT III at Manabayukan Elementary School, Capas West

District, Division of Tarlac Province