Collection Analysis Report
for Environmental Conservation - Gr 3-6
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.)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- Science (10 books)
- STEAM (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Biography (5 books)
- Picture Book (5 books)
- English Language Arts (4 books)
- History (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 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: 895 (Range: 570 - 1060)
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 |
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 10 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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- Very
- Exceedingly
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.
- 4 Videos
- 7 Book Readings
- 17 Lesson Plans
- Total of 129 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "Environmental Conservation - Gr 3-6". 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/QLTNNW5
A Boy and a Jaguar
by Alan Rabinowitz and Catia Chien
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition)
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Anna Hymas
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
Book 4 of the Sunlight Series, The
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2014
Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home
by Michelle Mulder Michelle Mulder
Part of the Orca Footprints Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2014
How to Save a Species
by Marilyn Baillie and Jonathan Baillie
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1060
- Year Published: 2014
John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall
by Julie Danneberg and Jamie Hogan
- Genres: Adventure, Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2015
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
by Miranda Paul and Elizabeth Zunon
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2015
Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World
by Laurie Lawlor and Laura Beingessner
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2012
Trash Talk: Moving Toward a Zero-Waste World
by Michelle Mulder Michelle Mulder
Part of the Orca Footprints Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Trash TalkWangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees
by Franck Prévot and Aurélia Fronty
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls, African
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2015
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