Collection Analysis Report
for BLQT November 2016 #2
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 (13 books)
- Historical Fiction (6 books)
- History (6 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Health (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (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: 635 (Range: 480 - 1000)
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 2 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
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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.
- 26 Videos
- 15 Book Readings
- 20 Lesson Plans
- Total of 187 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "BLQT November 2016 #2". 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/ql99EEV
Al Capone Does My Homework
by Gennifer Choldenko Gennifer Choldenko
Book 3 of the Al Capone Series
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2013
Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko Gennifer Choldenko
Book 1 of the Al Capone Series
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
by Gennifer Choldenko Gennifer Choldenko
Book 2 of the Al Capone Series
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2009
America in the 1900s and 1910s
by Jim Callan
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America
by Gail Jarrow
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2016
Chasing Secrets
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, History
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2015
Dragonwings
by Laurence Yep
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1975
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
A Giant Crush
by Gennifer Choldenko and Melissa Sweet
- Genres: Holiday
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2011
Hattie Ever After
by Kirby Larson
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2013
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2007
No Passengers Beyond This Point
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2011
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2001
Putting the Monkeys to Bed
by Gennifer Choldenko and Jack E. Davis
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2017
Women's Right to Vote: America's Suffrage Movement
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
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