Collection Analysis Report
for Read On Wisconsin: K-2
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 17 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.
(17 of 17 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (15 books)
- Picture Book (13 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Science (6 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Art (3 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (3 books)
- History (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
- Sports (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 17 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: 577 (Range: 320 - 790)
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 2 of 17 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.
- 22 Videos
- 9 Book Readings
- 29 Lesson Plans
- Total of 249 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Read On Wisconsin: K-2". 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/QL39DHV
The Apple Orchard Riddle
by Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas
- Genres: Mystery, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2013
Big Wet Balloon
by Liniers
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Chavela and the Magic Bubble
by Monica Brown and Magaly Morales
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Spanish
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2010
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
by Janice N. Harrington and Shelley Jackson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2007
Good News, Bad News
by Jeff Mack
- Grades Used: k
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Kunu's Basket: A Story from Indian Island
by Lee DeCora Francis and Susan Drucker
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2012
Ling & Ting Share a Birthday
Part of the Ling & Ting Series
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Holiday, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 320
- Year Published: 2013
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm
by Jon Katz
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2011
Mural on Second Avenue and Other City Poems
by Lilian Moore and Roma Karas
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
No Monkeys, No Chocolate
by Melissa Stewart, Allen Young, and Nicole Wong
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Health, Science
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2013
Nora's Chicks
by Patricia MacLachlan and Kathryn Brown
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2013
Picture a Tree
by Barbara Reid
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Disability
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2013
Take Me Out to the Yakyu
by Aaron Meshon
- Genres: Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Multiracial / Mixed Race, Asian, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2013
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
by Jacqueline Woodson and James Ransome
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2013
Water in the Park: A Book about Water and the Times of the Day
by Emily Jenkins and Stephanie Graegin
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2013
The Year of Billy Miller
by Kevin Henkes
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2013
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