Collection Analysis Report
for Read On Wisconsin: 6-8
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 13 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.
(13 of 13 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- History (4 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 13 of 13 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: 713 (Range: 560 - 980)
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 7 of 13 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
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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.
- 27 Videos
- 17 Book Readings
- 46 Lesson Plans
- Total of 301 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Read On Wisconsin: 6-8". 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/QLT97VJ
Akata Witch
by Nnedi Okorafor Nnedi Okorafor
Book 1 of the Nsibidi Scripts Series, The
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Akata WitchAlmost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2009
Bird in a Box
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Sean Qualls
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2011
Bluefish
by Pat Schmatz
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for BluefishDead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Humor, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Drawing from Memory
by Allen Say
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Hidden
by Helen Frost
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately 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
Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhhà Lại
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2011
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: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Miracle's Boys
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), Multiracial / Mixed Race, African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Red Glass
by Laura Resau
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
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by Cynthia Lord
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Warp Speed
by Lisa Yee
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
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