Collection Analysis Report
for Orbis Pictus 2015
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)
- Biography (11 books)
- History (7 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Science (5 books)
- English Language Arts (4 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Spanish (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 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: 903 (Range: 590 - 1330)
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 6 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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- Moderately
- Very
- 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.
- 20 Videos
- 12 Book Readings
- 35 Lesson Plans
- Total of 320 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)'s "Orbis Pictus 2015". 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/QLKTPBR
Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat
by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2014
Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Eye to EyeThe Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1100
- Year Published: 2014
A Home for Mr. Emerson
by Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringham
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2014
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Frank Morrison
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
by Kathryn Gibbs Davis and Gilbert Ford
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Math, Science
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1330
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2014
The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life
by Lois Ehlert
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2014
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2014
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: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Star StuffThe Streak: How Joe Dimaggio Became America's Hero
by Barb Rosenstock and Terry Widener
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The StreakStrike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 1220
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
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