Collection Analysis Report
for Back to School, 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 16 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.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (12 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Graphic Novel (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Picture Book (2 books)
- History (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (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 10 of 16 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: 715 (Range: 500 - 970)
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 1 of 16 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.
- 6 Videos
- 2 Book Readings
- 11 Lesson Plans
- Total of 107 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on The Canadian Children's Book Centre's "Back to School, 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/QL54FJH
Bernadette and the Lunch Bunch
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2009
A Different Game
by Sylvia Olsen
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2010
The Hullabaloo Bugaboo Day
by Sheree Fitch and Kelly Ulrich
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Martin on the Moon
by Martine Audet and Luc Melanson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2011
Noni Is Nervous
by Heather Hartt-Sussman and Geneviève Côté
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Odd Ball
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Odd BallOff to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
by Susan Hughes
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Off to ClassRazia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education
by Elizabeth Suneby and Suana Verelst
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Muslim, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2013
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Ready, Set, Kindergarten!
by Paula Ayer and Danielle Arbour
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
School Days Then and Now
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2014
Shannen and the Dream for a School
by Janet Wilson
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2011
Stanley at School
by Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2015
Straight Punch
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2014
SuperMutant Magic Academy
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall!
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2011
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