Collection Analysis Report
for Hurricane Katrina
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)
- Science (8 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Picture Book (5 books)
- History (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (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: 690 (Range: 470 - 920)
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 5 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.
- 9 Videos
- 8 Book Readings
- 25 Lesson Plans
- Total of 175 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on School Library Journal's "Hurricane Katrina". 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/ql4CZMH
Another Kind of Hurricane
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2015
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
by Don Brown
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival
by Janet Wyman Coleman and Yan Nascimbene
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2013
Finding Someplace
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2015
Hurricane Boy
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
by Phil Bildner and John Parra
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Ninth Ward
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2010
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
Over in the Wetlands: A Hurricane-On-The-Bayou Story
by Caroline Starr Rose and Rob Dunlavey
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2015
A Place Where Hurricanes Happen
by Renée Watson and Shadra Strickland
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2010
Saint Louis Armstrong Beach
by Brenda Woods
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2011
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
The Storm: Students of Biloxi, Mississippi Remember Hurricane Katrina
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The StormTwo Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
by Kirby Larson, Mary Nethery, and Jean Cassels
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), Multiracial / Mixed Race, African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
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