Collection Analysis Report
for Introduction to Shapes - Gr K-3
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 12 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.
(12 of 12 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (8 books)
- Math (7 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 5 of 12 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: 474 (Range: 270 - 640)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 1 of 12 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.
- 18 Videos
- 4 Book Readings
- 17 Lesson Plans
- Total of 97 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "Introduction to Shapes - Gr K-3". 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/QLK2NQP
Circle, Square, Moose
by Kelly Bingham and Paul O. Zelinsky
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Go, Shapes, Go!
- Genres: Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 270
- Year Published: 2014
Magic Shapes
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Math, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Magic ShapesMax's Math
by Kate Banks and Boris Kulikov Kate Banks and Boris Kulikov
Part of the Max Books Series
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Max's MathMouse Shapes
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Mouse ShapesNot a Box
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately 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
Perfect Square
by Michael Hall
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2011
Pick a Circle, Gather Squares: A Fall Harvest of Shapes
by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky and Susan Swan
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Seaver the Weaver
by Paul Czajak and Brothers Hilts
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Shape by Shape
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Shaping Up Summer
by Lizann Flatt and Ashley Barron Lizann Flatt and Ashley Barron
Book 4 of the Math in Nature Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Math, Science
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2014
Triangles
by David A. Adler and Edward Miller
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Math
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
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