Classroom participation is needed in the teaching and learning process to create an effective learning process. Participation is not only about the students' ability in oral communication to convey his/her idea but also non-talker activities. Both active and passive participation is needed to improve students' knowledge. The purpose of this research was to improve students' class participation which influence students’ reading comprehension skills. This research was conducted to first-grade students of SDS Kinderfield Pontianak in Academic Year 2020/2021. This research was a classroom action research. There were three cycles to improve students’ participation. The technique of collecting data was non- measurement and measurement techniques. The data of the non-measurement technique were collected by using an observation checklist, field note, and video analysis. In addition, the measurement technique was gathered by giving a reading comprehension test for each cycle. It consisted of 10 questions of narrative texts. The percentage of student's participation in the classroom was analyzed by an assessing rubric for students' participation. The percentages of each cycle showed improvement. In the first cycle, the percentages of students’ participation were around 59% and it was unacceptable. In addition, in the second cycle, the percentage of students' participation was around 72% for each being observed. It was a developing level. Moreover, in the last cycle, the percentage of students’ participation was more than 80% for all aspects and considered as proficient level. It proves that there was an improvement of students’ participation from each cycle.Keywords: Class participation, tpr, hand puppet