Collection Analysis Report
for PBA 2017-2018
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 (18 books)
- Picture Book (18 books)
- Humor (10 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- History (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 16 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: 250 - 790)
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 7 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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- Moderately
- 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.
- 31 Videos
- 14 Book Readings
- 27 Lesson Plans
- Total of 241 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on SC Association of School Librarians (SCASL)'s " PBA 2017-2018". 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/QLYJZWT
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
- Grades Used: pk, k
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2015
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: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Bear Report
by Thyra Heder
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 370
- Year Published: 2015
Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2015
Billy's Booger
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2015
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
Goodnight Already!
by Jory John and Benji Davies
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 290
- Year Published: 2015
Grandma in Blue with Red Hat
by Scott Menchin and Harry Bliss
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly 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 Will Never Get a Star on Mrs. Benson's Blackboard
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
I Yam a Donkey!
by Cece Bell
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 370
- Year Published: 2015
I'm Trying to Love Spiders
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
The Little Shop of Monsters
by R.L. Stine and Marc Brown
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2015
Marilyn's Monster
by Michelle Knudsen and Matt Phelan
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- 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
Night Animals
- Grades Used: pk, k
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 250
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
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
Simon's New Bed
by Christian Trimmer and Melissa van der Paardt
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
We Forgot Brock!
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2015
When Otis Courted Mama
by Kathi Appelt and Jill McElmurry
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-The-Pooh
by Sally M. Walker and John Voss
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
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