Peningkatan Kemampuan Membaca Menggunakan Metode Demonstrasi pada Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia Kelas IV Sekolah Dasar

This research focus on to know the improvement reading skill used demonstration method in Indonesian learning of the fourth grade elementary school no 001 Tambelan Riau archipelago. The method used is descriptive method. The form of this research is class action research. The research feature is collaborative. The research setting is the fourth grade elementary school no 001 Tambelan Riau archipelago. The subject of this research is the fourth grade students. They are 15 students, namely : 7 male students and 8 female students. The procedure of this research involved are planning, action, observation and reflection. The result of this research showed that the average of student reading skill improvement on the first cycle is 65,67 and on the second one is 69,33. The fact that, there is an improvement of student reading skill in Indonesian subject after using the demonstration method, namely: 3,66. Therefore the student reading skill could be stated as good category