Teaching of Reading in the Midst of Uncertainties:

This study was used a descriptive-phenomenological to divulged the context of teaching reading during the health crisis brought by COVID-19 among elementary pupils. This study involved ten (10) informants which composed of one (1) full- time faculty of Rizal Central Elementary School (RCES) two (2) teaching the English subjects and three (3) employed in the institution since the beginning of the pandemic. Through purposive sampling ten (10) teachers qualified from the inclusion criteria set were approached to request their voluntary involvement as participants through focus-group interviews. However the appropriate pedagogical techniques in teaching reading to students should be considered at all times. Hence the result of the study also revealed that teachers use PHIL IRI to categorize the students reading progress.