Collection Analysis Report
for How Things Work
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.)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- Science (8 books)
- English Language Arts (3 books)
- STEAM (3 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Picture Book (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: 813 (Range: 430 - 1280)
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 |
11-12 | 1185-1385 | 11.20-14.10 | 67-74 | 10.34-14.20 | Z+ | 9.57-12.00 | 12.30-14.50 |
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 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.
- 6 Videos
- 6 Lesson Plans
- Total of 72 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "How Things Work". 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/QL8S7JN
Built to Last
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, Science
- Lexile: 1280
- Year Published: 2010
How a Seed Grows
by Helene J. Jordan and Loretta Krupinski
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 1960
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships
by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2010
I Fall Down
by Vicki Cobb and Julia Gorton
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for I Fall DownImaginative Inventions: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Roller Skates, Potato Chips, Marbles, and Pie and More!
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2001
Oscar and the Snail: A Book about Things That We Use
by Geoff Waring
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Pop!: A Book about Bubbles
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and Margaret Miller
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 430
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Pop!So You Want to Be an Inventor?
by Judith St. George and David Small
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Transformed: How Everyday Things Are Made
by Bill Slavin
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1080
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for TransformedWeird but True: 300 Outrageous Facts
by National Geographic Society National Geographic Society
Book 1 of the Weird But True Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2009
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