Collection Analysis Report
for Making a Difference
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 7 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.
(7 of 7 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (6 books)
- Picture Book (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- History (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Humor (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 6 of 7 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: 611 (Range: 460 - 920)
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 2 of 7 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.
- 5 Videos
- 3 Book Readings
- 32 Lesson Plans
- Total of 88 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Making a Difference". 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/QL7FDG2
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White and Garth Williams
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 1952
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
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
by Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson
Book 26 of the Henry and Mudge Series
- Genres: Humor, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2005
My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea
by Frances Park, Ginger Park, and Debra Reid Jenkins
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 1998
Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, Paula Kahumbu, and Peter Greste
- Grades Used: 2
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Rhymes for Annie Rose
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1995
Something Beautiful
by Sharon Dennis Wyeth and Chris K. Soentpiet
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2002
The Story of Johnny Appleseed
by Aliki
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 1963
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