Collection Analysis Report
for Nonfiction
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 9 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.
(9 of 9 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- History (9 books)
- Nonfiction (9 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Science (4 books)
- English Language Arts (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 of 9 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: 1007 (Range: 930 - 1100)
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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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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
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 9 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.
- 14 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 10 Lesson Plans
- Total of 169 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "Nonfiction". 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/QLW6ICV
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2009
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America
by Jim Murphy
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1080
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Blizzard!Call of the Klondike: A True Gold Rush Adventure
by David Meissner and Kim Richardson
- Genres: Adventure, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 1100
- Year Published: 2013
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 2009
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Escape!The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
by Candace Fleming and Ray Fenwick
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2009
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 1998
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