Collection Analysis Report
for Anniversary Blast
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 12 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.
(12 of 12 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Science (11 books)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- STEAM (5 books)
- English Language Arts (4 books)
- History (4 books)
- Picture Book (4 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 7 of 12 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: 772 (Range: 430 - 1260)
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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
11-12 | 1185-1385 | 11.20-14.10 | 67-74 | 10.34-14.20 | Z+ | 9.57-12.00 | 12.30-14.50 |
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 12 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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- Moderately
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- Exceedingly
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.
- 7 Videos
- 2 Book Readings
- 8 Lesson Plans
- Total of 79 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Anniversary Blast". 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/QLN7337
A is for Astronaut: Exploring Space from A to Z
by Sara Gillingham and Traci N. Todd
- Genres: Nonfiction, Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 430
- Year Published: 1972
Blast Off to the Moon!
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Faces of the Moon
by Bob Crelin and Leslie Evans
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2009
Footprints on the Moon
by Mark Haddon and Christian Birmingham
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 1996
Look to the Stars
by Buzz Aldrin and Wendell Minor
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Lucky 13: Survival in Space
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1260
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Lucky 13Moon Rabbit
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Moon RabbitMoonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
by Brian Floca
- Grades Used: 6
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
One Giant Leap
by Robert Burleigh and Mike Wimmer
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2009
One Small Step: Celebrating the First Men on the Moon
by Jerry Stone and Terry Pastor
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Reaching for the Moon
by Buzz Aldrin and Wendell Minor
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2005
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