• Reading is one of the significant skills.

• Foundation for the journey of learning.

• Ability to read will provides the individual with great
opportunity in many aspects.
• Not an easy task especially young learners.

• According to National Reading Panel (NRP 2000)

concluded that systematic phonics instruction
enhance children’s success in learning to read.

• Systematic instruction and good strategies is required

including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
vocabulary and reading comprehension.
• In 2012, 52.5% Malaysian students has failed
to achieve level 2 of literacy .
(https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/educators.asp)

• Program Kelas Intervensi Awal Membaca dan Menulis

(KIA2M).

• Program Tiga M (PROTIM) and Program Bimbingan

Matematik (PROBIM).

• LINUS 2.0
 Phonics involves the relationship between
sounds and written symbols.

 It is not a method for teaching children to read.

It is a tool, a knowledge set that enable
children to understand the alphabetic nature
of writing system.

 Hence, phonics facilitates young readers’

efforts to both READ and SPELL.
• The objectives of this paper are:
a. To identify the intervention strategy to help
young learners (Level 1: Year 1, 2 & 3) to read
with accuracy.
b. To find out the effectiveness of phonemic
awareness program in school to be further apply
by teachers.
 Communication & Enforcement

Objective(s)

“Phonics Fun Day

Reading with Accuracy

Phonics Fun Day

Agency Structure Implementer

 Behaviour

Implementer

 Human resource
Economic, social & political condition
 Financial support

Van Meter & Van Horn Model

• Behaviorism theory.
• Learning was essentially a conditioned
response to a stimulus.
• In reading the stimulus for reading is the
print on the page.
• Bottom-up – progressing from the parts of
language (letters) to the whole (meaning).
• Part whole
 Meaning

Text

Paragraphs
Behaviorist or
Bottom-up model
Of the reading process Sentences

Words

Letters

8
 Phonics-first or subskills instruction

Teach phonics first with letters of

the alphabet and the sounds these
Meaning letters represent before beginning
to read books independently.
Words

Sound/symbol relationships

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• Phonics Fun Day Kicks-off
• Phonic songs
• Phonic games (Round Robin, letter
sounds race, Alphabet Sound Jump)
• Clapping Master
• Phonics Puzzle
• Story telling.
• Fast-reading competition
• Guessing Sounds
• What word it is?
 Running Record
http://www.scholastic
.ca/education/moving
Time estimation upwithliteracyplace/p
(2 days) dfs/grade4/runningre
Task Force cords.pdf
Facilities available
Learning resources
Administrators’ approval
• Teachers’ Perspective.

i. Help to identify and apply best approach,

strategies and activities in facilitate literacy
among level 1 students.
ii. Fun in learning activities.
iii. More creative.
iv. Authentic material
• Students’ perspective.

i. Enhance reading skills among level 1

students.

ii. Fun learning environment.

iii. Motivation.

iv. English is fun

• The program should be implemented in PPD.