Collection Analysis Report
for Thanks for the Dreamers
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- English Language Arts (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Art (4 books)
- History (4 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (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 9 of 10 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: 791 (Range: 630 - 970)
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)
For 1 of 10 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.
- 13 Videos
- 5 Book Readings
- 19 Lesson Plans
- Total of 140 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Thanks for the Dreamers". 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/qlZVFBN
Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story about Edna Lewis
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2008
An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers
by Natasha Wing and Julia Breckenreid
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2009
In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
by Alan Schroeder and JaeMe Bereal
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for In Her HandsNeo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo Da Vinci
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Neo LeoOne Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
by Katie Smith Milway and Eugenie Fernandes
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: Math, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for One HenPennies for Elephants
by Lita Judge
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls, African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2008
The Secret World of Walter Anderson
by Hester Bass and E.B. Lewis
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, History
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2009
Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Shining StarThe Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
by Lucia M. Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Holiday
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
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