eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2019-01-23 7 1 93 96 10.12691/education-7-1-14 EDUCATION20197114 article Rudi Hartono hartonorudi037@gmail.com 1 Yumna Rasyid 2 S Wuryani 3 Adi Apriadi Adiansha 3 Department of Primary Education, State University of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia Department of Applied Linguistics, State University of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia Department of faculty of Science Education, State University of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia This study aims to improve the ability to read Al-quran in children in Grade IV SLIPI 15 SDN Morning. This study uses the method of action research model Kemmis and Taggart, which includes four stages, namely (1) planning, (2) action, (3) observation, (4) reflection. By giving an action to the subject under study through the contextual approach as an independent variable and to know the improvement in children's Al-quran reading ability as a dependent variable. The results of the study indicate that there is a process of increasing outcomes in children's Al-quran reading skills through the contextual approach. This can be seen starting from the pre-intervention results up to the second cycle where the social skills possessed by class B students as a whole increased with an average of 49.3%. The results of the pre-intervention mean were 34.7% and increased up to 84% in the cycle I. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/7/1/14/education-7-1-14.pdf the ability to read the Al-Qur'an contextual approach action research