Collection Analysis Report
for Orbis Pictus 2014
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 14 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.
(14 of 14 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Nonfiction (14 books)
- History (11 books)
- Social Studies (9 books)
- Biography (7 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Science (5 books)
- Art (2 books)
- English Language Arts (2 books)
- Math (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 14 of 14 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: 864 (Range: 550 - 1170)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 4 of 14 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.
- 14 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 34 Lesson Plans
- Total of 293 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)'s "Orbis Pictus 2014". 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/QL84VF3
Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1170
- Year Published: 2013
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Math
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Jewish, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Brave GirlCourage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 2013
Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty
by Tonya Bolden
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1160
- Year Published: 2013
Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives
by Elizabeth Rusch and Tom Uhlman Elizabeth Rusch and Tom Uhlman
Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Eruption!Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives
by Lola M. Schaefer and Christopher Silas Neal
- Genres: Nonfiction, Concept Book, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Math, Science
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for LifetimeLocomotive
by Brian Floca
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1070
- Year Published: 2013
Parrots Over Puerto Rico
by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like?
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 2013
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Disability
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2013
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
by Barb Rosenstock and John O'Brien
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell
by Tanya Lee Stone and Marjorie Priceman
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2013
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