Want to be a Better Reader? Then Read!

This unit seeks to:  1.  Increase students’ awareness of their independent reading abilities; 2. Enable students to chart and track their progress; 3. Increase students’ ability to employ basic statistical processes of collecting and analyzing, presenting, and interpreting date; and 4. Use those statistical skills across curriculums. 

This unit is intended for use with middle school, preferably in an English and Language Arts, ELA, setting.  Cross-curricular integration, with a concept such as statistics, allows students to reduce anxiety levels by addressing it initially through a more familiar venue. Specifically, data analysis, which can seem overwhelming to students who already struggle with basic mathematical concepts.

Students will also get a chance to track their reading ability over time. They will be able to graph their starting point, their interim points, as well as their final reading level.  The hope is that students will see a positive relationship between increased independent reading and independent reading ability.