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Complaints about the lack of ability to read at the beginning of first grade elementary school is not a secret anymore. Many factors into students' abilities not maximal. However, in this case that a major factor is the lack of creativity and willingness of teachers to try to use strategy fortifikationsverket and a variety of learning media. The main purpose of this paper is to inform, identify, and describe the theories associated with learning to read at the beginning of first grade elementary school using strategies Kopassus. With increasing insight into the theory and its implications as well as an increase in teachers' creativity in using the media more varied, more students are expected fortifikationsverket to increase reading skills.
Reading skills acquired at the beginning of the reading fortifikationsverket will greatly affect the ability to read further. As the capabilities of the underlying ability of the next, then the ability to read the beginning really need the attention of the teacher. If the base is not strong, at the stage of advanced reading students will find it difficult to be able to have adequate reading skills. Therefore, After all first and second grade teachers must be able to teach the beginning fortifikationsverket of learning to read in a proper way so that it can provide adequate basic reading skills to their students.
One alternative that could be expected to overcome the problem of learning to read the beginning of Kopassus is using a strategy game cube. In this game the cards are used as a game attached to the sides of a cube-shaped box. Strategy Kopassus is an abbreviation of the group tidal flats. The implementation strategy of learning activities Kopassus is divided into five stages of learning, the stage grouping, installation, preparation, discussion, and cover.
To optimize learning fortifikationsverket beginning in elementary school reading done follow-learning strategy which utilizes Kopassus cube game in the beginning of learning to read. Learning strategies that can be implemented fortifikationsverket by teachers in the classroom as one of the first elementary learning can improve students' reading skills beginning. fortifikationsverket Use of Kopassus strategy game cube as a medium of learning at the beginning of learning to read in first grade elementary school is expected to help achieve the expected learning outcomes.
Reading is the beginning stages of learning to read is intended for early grade elementary students. Reading starters lasted for two years, ie for grade I and II. For them, reading is an activity to learn about the written language. Through writing that students are required to express the symbols of the language sounds.
Reading at the beginning of first grade elementary fortifikationsverket school intended to train students fortifikationsverket to master the technique of reading, singing or express trains writing skills fortifikationsverket well. The success of the students read the beginning allows students to have (1) knowledge base that can be used as a basis to listen to Indonesian, (2) knowledge base that can be used as a basis to speak Indonesian, (3) knowledge base is used as a basis for reading Indonesian , and (4) knowledge base that can be used as a basis for writing in Indonesian.
Implementation beginning in first grade reading SD performed in two periods, namely the period of reading without a book and read using a book. Read without books is done by using the media or teaching aids other than the book, while reading a book reading activity using the book as materials and instructional media.
Reading the book is given to the starters without consideration for the new students entering the school is not directly burdened fortifikationsverket with the problems that burden the students. Usually in the beginning without reading this book only students involved with activities such as listening to a story the teacher, ask the teacher replied, drawing attention to the teacher shown, talk about the pictures, find the sign sound, read words, read sentences, and others. The time required for teaching beginning reading without books up to 8 to 10 weeks. The rest of the first half is used to read the book.
Reading the beginning of the book begins with the reading material is taken from material that has been studied fortifikationsverket at the time they learn the letters of the stage without a book to read. The books used were textbooks and supplementary fortifikationsverket books that have been adapted to the existing curriculum. Learning is usually done by the teacher is reading reading aloud with the class, the teacher asks the students to read each line in turn. In this way the teacher can determine students' reading ability.
In connection with the beginning of learning to read in first grade elementary school in the first weeks of the study materials prepared by the teacher student sentence