Collection Analysis Report
for Geography, K-5
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)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 8 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: 683 (Range: 550 - 900)
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)
There are currently no items on this list with qualitative measurements.
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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.
- 16 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 16 Lesson Plans
- Total of 131 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Geography, K-5". 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/QLIY38F
Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2008
How the Sun Got to Coco's House
by Bob Graham
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2015
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph Marshall, III and Jim Yellowhawk
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2015
The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman
by Darcy Pattison and Joe Cepeda
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2003
The Scary Places Map Book: Seven Terrifying Tours
by B.G. Hennessy and Erwin Madrid
- Genres: Adventure, Holiday, Horror, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2012
The Scrambled States of America Talent Show
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2008
The Scrambled States of America
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1998
A Small Dog's Big Life: Around the World with Owney
by Irene Kelly
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea
by Vera B. Williams and Jennifer Williams
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 1990
Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art
by Diane Siebert and Stephen T. Johnson
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Tour AmericaThe World in a Second
by Isabel Minhós Martins and Bernardo P. Carvalho
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
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