Collection Analysis Report
for Let's Give Thanks
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 16 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.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (14 books)
- Holiday (14 books)
- Picture Book (9 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- History (5 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science (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 11 of 16 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: 727 (Range: 470 - 1100)
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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
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 16 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.
- 14 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 19 Lesson Plans
- Total of 173 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Let's Give Thanks". 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/QLS6EDO
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving
by Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac
- Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1100
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for 1621Around the Table That Grandad Built
by Melanie Heuiser Hill and Jaime Kim
- Genres: Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2019
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Holiday, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Duck for Turkey Day
by Jacqueline Jules and Kathryn Mitter
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2009
Fangsgiving
by Ethan Long
- Genres: Holiday, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FangsgivingFat Chance Thanksgiving
by Patricia Lakin and Stacey Schuett
- Genres: Holiday, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2001
Friendsgiving
by Nancy Siscoe and Sabina Gibson
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2020
Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast
by Kate Waters and Russ Kendall
- Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2001
Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey
by Joy Cowley and Joe Cepeda
- Genres: Holiday
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 1996
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving
by Chris Newell and Winona Nelson
- Genres: Holiday, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 2021
It's Thanksgiving!
by Jack Prelutsky and Marylin Hafner
- Genres: Holiday, Humor, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1982
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story
by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, Alexis Bunten, and Gary Meeches
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2022
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for KeepunumukThe Squirrels' Thanksgiving
by Steven Kroll and Jeni Bassett
- Genres: Holiday
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1991
Thanksgiving at the Tappletons'
by Eileen Spinelli and Maryann Cocca-Leffler
- Genres: Holiday, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
A Turkey for Thanksgiving
by Eve Bunting and Diane deGroat
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 1991
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
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