The study sought to identify the Pupils Level of Reading Motivation, and the level of Pupils midyear reading performance, and find the significant relationship between Pupils Level of Reading Motivation and Reading Performance of the 198 Grade 5 pupils in Villanueva South District namely Balacanas Elementary School, Dayawan Elementary School, Don Fernando Elementary School, and San Martin Integrated School. This study utilized the Motivations for Reading Questionnaires (MRQ) adopted from Wigfield et al. (1996) with a 4-point Likert scale and the Reading Performance Level based on the PHIL-IRI Reading Assessment tool. It employed a descriptive statistical tools like Mean, SD, frequency count and percentage. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to ascertain the relationship between pupils reading motivation and performance. Results showed that majority of the Grade 5 pupils are motivated both intrinsically and extrinsically. Almost half of the Grade 5 pupils population are in the Instructional level in reading. There is a significant relationship between the pupils reading motivation and performance. It can be concluded that pupils read more if they are motivated. So, it can be recommended that teachers and parents will continue to motivate the pupils intrinsically or extrinsically so that pupils will sustain their reading interest.

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