Collection Analysis Report
for TX 2X2 2016
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 20 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.
(20 of 20 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (17 books)
- Picture Book (15 books)
- Humor (9 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Science (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Social Studies (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 14 of 20 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: 486 (Range: -60 - 970)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 3 of 20 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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- 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.
- 34 Videos
- 11 Book Readings
- 19 Lesson Plans
- Total of 210 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Children's Round Table of the TX Library Association (TLA)'s "TX 2X2 2016". 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/QL9ZG4R
First Grade Dropout
by Audrey Vernick and Matthew Cordell
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Flutter and Hum: Animal Poems / Aleteo y zumbido: Poemas de animales
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: -60
- Year Published: 2015
Hippos Are Huge!
by Jonathan London and Matthew Trueman
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2015
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise
by Sean Taylor and Jean Jullien
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
I Don't Want to Be a Frog
by Dev Petty and Mike Boldt
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 380
- Year Published: 2015
I, Fly: The Buzz about Flies and How Awesome They Are
by Bridget Heos and Jennifer Plecas
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for I, FlyIf You Plant a Seed
by Kadir Nelson
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 2015
It's Only Stanley
by Jon Agee
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2015
Mother Bruce
by Ryan T. Higgins Ryan T. Higgins
Part of the Mother Bruce Series
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The New Small Person
by Lauren Child
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2015
P. Zonka Lays an Egg
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2015
Polar Bear's Underwear
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
The Princess and the Pony
by Kate Beaton
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2015
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
Race Car Count
by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Michael Slack
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
The Story of Diva and Flea
by Mo Willems and Tony DiTerlizzi
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2015
There's a Lion in My Cornflakes
by Michelle Robinson and Jim Field
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
We Dig Worms!
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 2015
We Forgot Brock!
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2015
What James Said
by Liz Rosenberg and Matthew Myers
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig
- Genres: Humor, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 300
- Year Published: 2015
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