Collection Analysis Report
for My Family
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.)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- HASH(0x563ae639f5d0) (9 books)
- HASH(0x563ae4e2e8b8) (8 books)
- Social Studies (8 books)
- HASH(0x563ae485c9b0) (4 books)
- History (3 books)
- HASH(0x563ae4e395c0) (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- HASH(0x563ae4b0b9f0) (1 books)
- HASH(0x563ae4e13570) (1 books)
- HASH(0x563ae5534f38) (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 13 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: 544 (Range: 40 - 830)
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 4 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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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.
- 13 Videos
- 5 Book Readings
- 17 Lesson Plans
- Total of 174 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "My Family". 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/QLVTWN8
All about Grandmas
by Roni Schotter and Janice Nadeau
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2012
Black Is Brown Is Tan
by Arnold Adoff and Emily Arnold McCully
- Genres: Picture Book, Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 1973
The Blessing Cup
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2013
Families
by Ann Morris
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 40
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FamiliesThe Family Book
by Todd Parr
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 200
- Year Published: 2003
Fred Stays with Me!
by Nancy Coffelt and Tricia Tusa
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 430
- Year Published: 2007
I'm Adopted!
by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for I'm Adopted!In My Family / En mi familia
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Art, Spanish
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 1997
In Our Mothers' House
- Grades Used: k
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
by Daniel Beaty and Bryan Collier
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 9, 10
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Matchbox Diary
by Paul Fleischman and Bagram Ibatoulline
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
My Name Is Yoon
by Helen Recorvits and Gabi Swiatkowska
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
These Hands
by Margaret H. Mason and Floyd Cooper
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for These HandsThis Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
by Jacqueline Woodson and James Ransome
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2013
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