Collection Analysis Report
for Summer Fun
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 13 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.
(13 of 13 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- History (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Physical Education (3 books)
- Sports (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 12 of 13 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: 809 (Range: 520 - 960)
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 5 of 13 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.
- 12 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 23 Lesson Plans
- Total of 157 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on AdLit's "Summer Fun". 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/QLMZCNA
The Au Pairs
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The Au PairsDairy Queen
- Grades Used: 7
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
- Genres: Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 1983
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for DunkHit the Road
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Hit the RoadMy Almost Epic Summer
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2008
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
by Jeanne Birdsall Jeanne Birdsall
Book 1 of the Penderwicks Series
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
by Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, and Rick Bundschuh
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Soul SurferSummer Boys
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Summer BoysSurfing USA!: An Illustrated History of the Coolest Sport of All Time
by Ben Marcus, Jeff Divine, and John Severson
- Genres: Nonfiction, Sports
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Surfing USA!The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately 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
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
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