Collection Analysis Report

for Read-Aloud Science Books

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 22 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.

(22 of 22 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)

Science (22 books)
Nonfiction (16 books)
English Language Arts (13 books)
Picture Book (6 books)
Art (2 books)
Math (2 books)
STEAM (2 books)
Adventure (1 books)
Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
Concept Book (1 books)
Music (1 books)
Poetry (1 books)
Realistic Fiction (1 books)

Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.

Quantitative Measures

For 18 of 22 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: 629 (Range: 330 - 1070)

Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk

Grade Band	Lexile^®	ATOS	Degrees of Reading Power^®	Flesch-Kincaid	Fountas & Pinnell	Reading Maturity	SourceRater
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

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Key: Purple highlight represents average.

Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]

Qualitative Measures (BETA)

For 3 of 22 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

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Cultural Knowledge/Intertextuality

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.

4 Videos
4 Book Readings
16 Lesson Plans
Total of 97 resources

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Details for Each Book

Below are the titles on Booklist's "Read-Aloud Science Books". 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/QLFF77O

About Reptiles: A Guide for Children

by Cathryn P. Sill and John Sill Cathryn P. Sill and John Sill

Part of the About... Series

Genres: Nonfiction
Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
Lexile: 390
Year Published: 1999

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