Collection Analysis Report
for Standing Tall
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 11 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.
(11 of 11 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- History (9 books)
- Picture Book (9 books)
- Biography (8 books)
- Nonfiction (8 books)
- Art (4 books)
- Poetry (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 of 11 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: 775 (Range: 570 - 1050)
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 6 of 11 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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- Very
- 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.
- 19 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 25 Lesson Plans
- Total of 215 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Standing Tall". 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/QLJHYQC
Ellington Was Not a Street
by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Fishing Day
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Shane W. Evans
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
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by Tony Medina and R. Gregory Christie
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2002
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
More Than Anything Else
by Marie Bradby and Chris K. Soentpiet
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Christine King Farris and Chris K. Soentpiet
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2003
Rosa
by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson
by Michelle Y. Green and Mamie Johnson
- Grades Used: 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes and E.B. Lewis
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2002
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Wings
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
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