Collection Analysis Report
for Earth & Space Science, 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 14 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.
(14 of 14 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Science (13 books)
- Picture Book (12 books)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- STEAM (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
- Social Studies (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 12 of 14 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: 643 (Range: 240 - 1000)
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 14 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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- Moderately
- Very
- Exceedingly
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.
- 11 Videos
- 11 Book Readings
- 26 Lesson Plans
- Total of 216 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Earth & Space Science, 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/QLWKOHH
All the Water in the World
by George Ella Lyon and Katherine Tillotson
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
And Then It's Spring
by Julie Fogliano and Erin E. Stead
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2012
A Black Hole Is Not a Hole
by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano and Michael Carroll
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2012
Grand Canyon
by Jason Chin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Grand CanyonIf You Find a Rock
by Peggy Christian, Diane D'Andrade, and Barbara Hirsch Lember
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2000
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge
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: 610
- Year Published: 2010
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, History
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2003
Our Seasons
by Ranida T. McKneally and Grace Lin
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Our SeasonsRain Play
by Cynthia Cotten and Javaka Steptoe
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 270
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Rain PlaySnow Music
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Snow MusicStarry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
by Peter Sís
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 1996
A Storm Called Katrina
by Myron Uhlberg and Colin Bootman
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2011
Tsunami!
by Kimiko Kajikawa and Ed Young
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Tsunami!Water Is Water: A Book about the Water Cycle
by Miranda Paul and Jason Chin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 240
- Year Published: 2015
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