Collection Analysis Report
for 2015 CSK
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 8 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.
(8 of 8 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (7 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Poetry (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- History (2 books)
- Picture Book (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 6 of 8 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: 768 (Range: 560 - 990)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 7 of 8 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.
- 23 Videos
- 17 Book Readings
- 38 Lesson Plans
- Total of 299 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Ethnic Materials Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) of the American Library Association's "2015 CSK". 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/QLKPRQJ
Brown Girl Dreaming
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander
Part of the Crossover Series
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Firebird
by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
How I Discovered Poetry
by Marilyn Nelson and Hadley Hooper
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
How It Went Down
by Kekla Magoon
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson
- Grades Used: 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
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
When I Was the Greatest
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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