Collection Analysis Report
for Pet Spectacular
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 12 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.
(12 of 12 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Picture Book (8 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 of 12 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: 497 (Range: 280 - 780)
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 12 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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- Exceedingly
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
- 7 Book Readings
- 11 Lesson Plans
- Total of 85 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Pet Spectacular". 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/QLKEZDZ
Ants
by Deborah Hodge and Julian Mulock
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for AntsBubba and Beau Meet the Relatives
by Kathi Appelt and Arthur Howard
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2004
Buster
- Grades Used: pk, k
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Art
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Cat Who Walked Across France
by Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden and Garth Williams
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 1960
Crictor
by Tomi Ungerer
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 1958
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for CrictorGobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop: A Tale of a Very Greedy Cat
by Meilo So
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Art
- Lexile: 280
- Year Published: 1998
The Perfect Pet
by Margie Palatini and Bruce Whatley
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2003
Perfectly Martha
by Susan Meddaugh Susan Meddaugh
Part of the Martha Speaks Series
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2004
Sam Goes to School
by Mary Labatt and Marisol Sarrazin
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 310
- Year Published: 2004
Whistle for Willie
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 1964
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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