Collection Analysis Report
for Alive with the Sound of Music
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 15 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(15 of 15 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (15 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (7 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (4 books)
- Historical Fiction (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- Music (3 books)
- Picture Book (3 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Drama (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 13 of 15 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 745 (Range: 210 - 1010)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 9 of 15 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
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Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 38 Videos
- 38 Book Readings
- 48 Lesson Plans
- Total of 247 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Book Links's "Alive with the Sound of Music". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLCX83Y
Book of a Thousand Days
by Shannon Hale
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2007
Dune
by Frank Herbert Frank Herbert
Book 1 of the Dune Chronicles
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 1965
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for DuneFairest
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FairestGilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2003
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Drama, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 210
- Year Published: 1960
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Hobbit
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 1937
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Jazz
by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams
Book 1 of the Little House Books Series
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 1953
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
by Ed Young
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1989
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Looking Glass Wars
Book 1 of the Looking Glass Wars Trilogy
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1010
- Year Published: 2004
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 1967
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The New Policeman
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2007
The Secret Garden
- Grades Used: 5, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 1909
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Wall and the Wing
by Laura Ruby
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
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