Collection Analysis Report
for Travel Through Time
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 15 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.
(15 of 15 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (13 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (8 books)
- Adventure (6 books)
- Picture Book (4 books)
- Science (4 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Concept Book (2 books)
- History (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 14 of 15 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: 660 (Range: 350 - 870)
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 3 of 15 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.
- 12 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 32 Lesson Plans
- Total of 159 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Travel Through Time". 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/QLMX8VS
Back in Time with Benjamin Franklin
by Dan Gutman
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2005
Dinosaur Train
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 350
- Year Published: 2002
The Fran That Time Forgot
Book 4 of the Franny K. Stein Series
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2005
Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time
- Genres: Concept Book, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2011
Knights of the Kitchen Table
by Jon Scieszka and Adam McCauley Jon Scieszka and Adam McCauley
Book 1 of the Time Warp Trio Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1991
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Leprechaun in Late Winter
by Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca
Book 15 of the Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions Series
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2010
The Little House
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 1969
The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs
by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
Part of the Magic School Bus Series, The
- Genres: Adventure, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 1995
On the Blue Comet
by Rosemary Wells and Bagram Ibatoulline
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2010
Once Upon a Time
Part of the Can You See What I See? Series
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 1963
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Time CatTime Train
by Paul Fleischman and Claire Ewart
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 1991
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Time TrainTime Zones
by David A. Adler and Edward Miller
- Genres: Nonfiction, Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: Math, Science
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Time ZonesWhen You Reach Me
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
A Wrinkle in Time
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 1962
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
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