Collection Analysis Report
for 2014 Asian / Pacific American
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 6 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.
(6 of 6 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (4 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- History (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Picture Book (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 4 of 6 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: 692 (Range: 530 - 800)
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 6 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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- 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.
- 4 Videos
- 10 Book Readings
- 9 Lesson Plans
- Total of 101 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)'s "2014 Asian / Pacific American". 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/QLBN7T2
Barbed Wire Baseball
by Marissa Moss and Yuko Shimizu
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2013
Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Disability, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Gadget GirlJet Black and the Ninja Wind
by Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Red Kite, Blue Kite
by Ji-li Jiang and Greg Ruth
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
The Thing about Luck
by Cynthia Kadohata and Julia Kuo
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2013
The Vine Basket
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Asian, Women / Girls, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2013
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