Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan kemampuan membaca permulaan dengan menerapkan strategi pembelajaran know-want to know learned (kwl) berbantuan media buku cerita bergambar dengan metode bunyi. jenis penelitian ialah eksperimen semu yang dilaksanakan pada semester ganjil ta 2019/2020. dengan populasi siswa kelas ii dan sampel yang terdiri dari dua kelas yaitu kelas ii-b sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas ii-a sebagai kelas kontrol. hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan kemampuan membaca permulaan dengan menerapkan strategi pembelajaran know-want to know learned (kwl) berbantuan media buku cerita bergambar dengan metode bunyi. hasil uji coba independent sample t-test pada kemampuan membaca permulaan diperoleh thitung = 2,216 pada taraf signifikansi 0,05 dan df = 54, diperoleh ttabel = 2,004 berarti thitung > ttabel. dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan kemampuan membaca permulaan dengan menerapkan strategi pembelajaran know-want to know-learned (kwl) berbantuan media buku cerita bergambar dengan metode bunyi di kelas ii sdn 006 tarakan. kata kunci: strategi, media, metode, membaca permulaan

This study aimed to investigate if there was a difference in early reading ability between learners taught with the strategy of know-want to know-learned (kwl) which was assisted with media picture story books and those taught with sound method. this was a quasi-experimental research conducted in the 2019/2020 odd semester. the second grade students of sdn 006 tarakan was the population of the study. the sample consisted of two classes, class ii-b as the experimental group and class ii-a as the control group. the results of independent sample t-test showed that the value of calculated t was 2.216, the significance level was 0.05, the df was 54, and the critical t was 2.004. it was known that the value of calculated t was greater than that of critical t. thus, it was concluded that there was a difference in early reading ability between the second grade learners taught with the know-want to know-learned (kwl) learning method assisted with picture story book media and those taught with the sound method at the sdn 006 tarakan. keywords: early reading, media, method, strategy