Collection Analysis Report
for Books for the Beach
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 9 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.
(9 of 9 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (6 books)
- Picture Book (5 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Sports (3 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 5 of 9 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: 534 (Range: 200 - 930)
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)
There are currently no items on this list with qualitative measurements.
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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.
- 3 Videos
- 3 Book Readings
- 14 Lesson Plans
- Total of 70 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Books for the Beach". 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/qlHX3KC
At the Beach / Vamos a la playa
by Mandy Stanley and Jennie Morris
- Genres: Nonfiction, Sports
- Curricular Areas: Physical Education, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Bats at the Beach
by Brian Lies
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
A Beach for the Birds
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 1993
Day at the Beach
by Ed Briant
- Genres: Humor, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Grandma's Beach
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book
by April Pulley Sayre, Jeff Sayre, and Randy Cecil
- Genres: Concept Book, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Math, Science
- Lexile: 200
- Year Published: 2003
Tar Beach
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 1991
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Tar BeachTo the Beach!
by Linda Ashman and Nadine Bernard Westcott
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2005
Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach Mystery
by David A. Adler and Susanna Natti David A. Adler and Susanna Natti
Book 8 of the Young Cam Jansen Series
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2002
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