Collection Analysis Report
for Aliens and Other Strange Creatures
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (8 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (5 books)
- Science (4 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Picture Book (2 books)
- History (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Social Studies (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 8 of 10 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: 480 (Range: 260 - 790)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 1 of 10 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
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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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.
- 4 Videos
- 1 Book Readings
- 6 Lesson Plans
- Total of 67 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Aliens and Other Strange Creatures". 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/QLSSCHX
Alien & Possum: Friends No Matter What
by Tony Johnston and Tony DiTerlizzi
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 360
- Year Published: 1998
Baloney Henry P.
by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Jabberwocky
by Lewis Carroll and Stéphane Jorisch
- Genres: Poetry, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for JabberwockyLook Book
by Tana Hoban
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Look BookMinnie and Moo and the Potato from Planet X
by Denys Cazet
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2003
Mission to Mars
by Franklyn M. Branley and True Kelley
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2002
Nergal and the Great Space Race
by Shana Corey and Mark Teague
- Genres: Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2002
Three by the Sea
by Edward Marshall and James Marshall
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 260
- Year Published: 1981
Viking It and Liking It
by Jon Scieszka and Adam McCauley Jon Scieszka and Adam McCauley
Book 12 of the Time Warp Trio Series
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2002
What Really Happened in Roswell?: Just the Facts (Plus the Rumors) about UFOs and Aliens
by Kathleen Krull and Christopher Santoro
- Genres: Mystery, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
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