Collection Analysis Report
for Summer Science
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.)
- Science (10 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- English Language Arts (3 books)
- Poetry (3 books)
- Picture Book (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Humor (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 7 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: 644 (Range: 510 - 950)
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)
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.
- 1 Videos
- 4 Lesson Plans
- Total of 46 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Summer Science". 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/QLZQXW8
All Around the Seasons
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Apples for Everyone
by Jill Esbaum
- Genres: Nonfiction, Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2009
The Buzz on Bees: Why Are They Disappearing?
by Shelley Rotner and Anne Love Woodhull
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2010
Code Blue
by Bob Kolar
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Code BlueMeet the Howlers!
by April Pulley Sayre and Woody Miller
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2010
Older Than the Stars
by Karen C. Fox and Nancy Davis
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2010
Pika: Life in the Rocks
by Bill Tannis and Jim Jacobson
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for PikaThe Robin Makes a Laughing Sound: A Birder's Journal
by Sallie Wolf and Micah Bornstein
- Genres: Picture Book, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
White Owl, Barn Owl
by Nicola Davies and Michael Foreman
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2007
Why?
- Genres: Humor, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
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