Early Language Literacy and Numeracy MA. FAITH M. GALLARDO Introduction In DepEd Order No.12, Series 2015, the Department of Education recognizes that the foundation of learning is in a child’s early language, literacy, and numeracy skills. These skills, according to DepEd, do not develop naturally, and thus require careful planning and instruction. There is thus, a need, for children to have access to age-appropriate and culturally-sensitive materials to help them develop the habits of reading, speaking, writing and counting. Objective ELLN aims to develop literacy and numeracy skills and attitudes among Filipino children which will contribute to lifelong learning. More particularly, it aims to improve reading and numeracy skills of Kinder to Grade 3 learners which is considered the basic foundation of setting the learners’ readiness in acquiring knowledge. This is designed in consistency with the K to 12 Curriculum. Implementation of the Program ELLN brought numerous learning innovations through the so called Best Practices which were fully and strictly implemented in different elementary schools. These Best Practices depend on the situation a specific school faces. This way, children are able to acquire more depth and meaning from their lessons. Teacher SAVES means “Teacher Stops Activities and Visits Easy-going Students. This is an intensified home visitation process required from all advisers or subject teachers having a student with excessive absences. 1. Teacher S.A.V.E.S. A program where a student at-risk of dropping out or failing is assigned of a faculty to be his/her faculty guardian. The teacher will conduct daily monitoring, weekly counselling, pep-talks to that child. The student is given a discipline monitoring chart where the subject teacher writes every violation the student commits. At the end of the week, the student brings home the chart to be signed by the parents/guardians. 2. EACH ONE SAVES ONE PROGRAM Class advisers provide interventions and activities for reading pleasure and numbers at 1:00-1:30 PM daily. These interventions are chosen, prepared and given according to their needs to improve academic performance . All pupils should be inside the classroom to read their books, study their lessons, work on their assignments and projects instead of playing under the heat of the sun. 3. ONE O’ClOCK HABIT “Hatid snacks in the classroom” in one involvement of parents where they volunteer to bring snacks of their children in classroom. The hatid snacks in the classroom minimizes pupils to stay out of the classrooms during recess. Thus, pupils eat with their classmates in the classroom which develop their harmonious relationships and avoid occurences of accidents. 4. PARENTS-TEACHERS PARTNERSHIP A. Program DEARDrop Everything and Read B. RAPAD- Read a Page a Day Improve and maximize Learning Resource Center Encourage parents to actively involve 4. Project CARE -Commitment to Allow Reading Enhancement Children are required to master the various mathematical operations. This would pave way when dealing with a more complex operations in their subject Mathematics. 5. Project AMBO-Acquire Mastery of the Basic Operations Division of Tuguegarao City ELLN Key Players I. Education Program Supervisors (EPS) 1. Cora Pattaguan- Kindergarten 2. Aida Tlamayan- MTB-MLE 3. Catalina Tuppil- Filipino vice Gina Durian- Trainer 4. Inocencio Navor- Math 5. Josephine Gammad- English & ELLN Coordinator II. Public Schools District Supervisors (PSDS) 1. 2. 3. 4. Dahlia Ballabo- Northeast District Myrna Dduru- West District Visitacion Ligutan- East District Juana Castillo- North District Stories in Pictures… Regional ELLN Training) Directory of ELLN Key Players District DS School SH KT GLT/ KT TR 10 day 7 day Mentee GLT/ M Tug. Northeast Catalina Tuppil Tug. Northeast Central Gail Ivone Policar Ma. Vicitacion Siuagan G1 5 Teachers 1 Tug. Northeast Disctrict Dahlia Ballabo Balzain East ES Grace Abugan Susan Baddungon G2 6 Teachers K-3 Tug. Northeast Catalina Tuppil PengueRuyu ES Josephine Ballad Adela Caronan G3 9 Teachers K-6 Tug. Northeast Catalina Tuppil Carig ES Emely Tango Belen Acosta G1 5 Teachers K-2 East District Visitacion Ligutan Capatan ES Vilma, Darisan Emilyn Allam G1 6 Teachers #SLAC District DS School SH KT GLT/ KT TR 10 day 7 day Mentee GLT/ M Tug. Northeast Diane Doldolea Linao ES Arnotld Quizzagan Rosemarie Deanon G1 16 Teachers K-3 Tug. East Visitacion Ligutan Tug. East ES Eugenio Dayag Ellaine Tamaray G3 31 Teachers K-3 Tug. East District Visitacion Ligutan Libag ES Myrna Cuntapay Charry Anne Siuagan G2 7 Teachers K-3 Tug. East District Joel Daquioag Gosi ES Junar Datul Romel Aresta G2 5 Teachers K-3 Tug. East District Joel Daquioag TaggaDadda ES Grace Hermenegildo Daisy Bulaqui G2 6 Teachers K-6 #SLAC District DS School SH KT GLT / KT TR 10 day 7 day Mentee GLT/ M North District Myrna Adduru Annafunan ES Elmer Narag Florina Agaloos G3 15 Teachers K-3 Tug. North Juana Castillo Bagay ES Analyn Cauilan Jane Carino G3 10 Teachers K-3 Tug. City Aida Talamayan Tug North Central ES Richard Bacud Jenny Rose Montemayor G3 18 Teachers K-3 Tug. North Aida Talamayan Atulayan ES Janette Saquing Emely Guiquing G3 16 Teachers K-6 Tug. West Myrna Adduru Buntun ES Lou Marie Miguel Celia Arugay G3 5 Teachers K-3 #SLAC District DS School SH KT GLT / KT TR 10 day 7 day Mentee GLT/ M Tug. West Rosario Dela Cruz Cataggaman ES Rizalina Tuliao Diosalyn Andal G1 19 Teachers K-3 Tug. West Aida Talamayan Bagay ES Analyn Cauilan Jane Carino G3 15 Teachers K-6 Cora Pattaguan Ugac ES Susan Pagulayan Ellen Bassig G1 #SLAC SUMMARY School: NAMABBALAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Kinder F S V S Grade 1 Z F R N / A N / A N N / A 2 0 S 4 V S 0 Grade 2 Z 0 Grade 3 Grade4 Grade5 Grade 6 F S V S Z F S V S Z F S V S Z F S V S Z F S V S Z 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 5 2 0 2 5 2 1 0 2 0 8 4 0 2 7 4 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 2 7 5 0 0 2 8 3 0 0 Kinder to Grade VI Grand Total Fast Slow Very Slow Zero Reading 123 21 8 0 Numeracy 149 27 0 0 Due to the ELLN Program, teachers were provided numerous avenues for a more effective strategies in teaching beginning reading and numeracy. In like manner to the pupils where at the end of the school year, all schools implementing the program in the Division of Tuguegarao City slowly improving the reading and numeracy level skills of early learners in the division. Impact of ELLN Thank you…