Collection Analysis Report
for Teaching Children Manners
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 24 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.
(24 of 24 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (15 books)
- Social Studies (14 books)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- Picture Book (10 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Humor (4 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (2 books)
- Concept 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 13 of 24 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: 539 (Range: 340 - 1020)
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 2 of 24 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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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
- 2 Book Readings
- 17 Lesson Plans
- Total of 111 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Booklist's "Teaching Children Manners". 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/QLVB85W
The Doorbell Rang
by Pat Hutchins
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Genres: Concept Book, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 1986
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Elbert's Bad Word
by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 1996
The Grouchy Ladybug
by Eric Carle
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 1977
How My Parents Learned to Eat
by Ina R. Friedman and Allen Say
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Multiracial / Mixed Race, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 1984
How to Be a Friend
by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 1998
How to Lose All Your Friends
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
I'm Sorry
by Janine Amos
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for I'm SorryIt's a Spoon, Not a Shovel
by Caralyn Buehner and Mark E. Buehner
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 1998
Let's Talk about Good Manners
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 1997
Madeline Says Merci: The Always Be Polite Book
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Manners
by Aliki
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 370
- Year Published: 1990
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for MannersNo Biting!
by Karen Katz
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for No Biting!Oops!: The Manners Guide for Girls
by Nancy Holyoke and Debbie Tilley
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Oops!OOPS, Sorry!: A First Book of Manners
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for OOPS, Sorry!Perfect Pigs
by Marc Brown and Stephen Krensky
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1983
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Perfect PigsPierre
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 410
- Year Published: 1962
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for PierrePiggy Monday: A Tale about Manners
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Piggy MondayPlease Say Please!: Penguin's Guide to Manners
by Margery Cuyler and Will Hillenbrand
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 2004
Social Savvy
by Judith Re and Meg F. Schneider
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1992
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Social SavvySocial Smarts: Manners for Today's Kids
by Elizabeth James and Martha Weston
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 1996
Table Manners
by Chris Raschka and Vladimir Radunsky
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
This Little Piggy's Book of Manners
by Kathryn Madeline Allen and Nancy Wolff
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Walter the Farting Dog
by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, and Audrey Colman
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2001
What Do You Know about Manners?: A Funny Quiz for Kids
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
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