Collection Analysis Report
for It Should Have Won a Newbery!
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 (12 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Health (4 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Picture Book (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: 762 (Range: 550 - 890)
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 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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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.
- 10 Videos
- 14 Book Readings
- 33 Lesson Plans
- Total of 152 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "It Should Have Won a Newbery!". 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/QLM9QWO
Autumn Street
by Lois Lowry
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 1980
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
The Folk Keeper
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2001
Frindle
by Andrew Clements and Brian Selznick
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 1996
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Goats
by Brock Cole
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 1987
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The GoatsJip: His Story
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1996
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for JipMake Lemonade
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 1994
My Fellow Americans: A Family Album
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1995
Scooter
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ScooterStone Fox
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math, Science
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 1980
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Tree in the Trail
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 1970
Tuck Everlasting
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 1975
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
- Grades Used: 7, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
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