Collection Analysis Report
for PYRCA, 2017-2018, 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 15 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.
(15 of 15 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (13 books)
- History (6 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Picture Book (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Mystery (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Sports (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 15 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: 672 (Range: 300 - 850)
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 6 of 15 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.
- 22 Videos
- 20 Book Readings
- 34 Lesson Plans
- Total of 307 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PASL)'s "PYRCA, 2017-2018, 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/QL7Y22S
Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth
by Barb Rosenstock and Gérard DuBois
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, STEAM
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2016
Fuzzy Mud
by Louis Sachar
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Fuzzy MudGertie's Leap to Greatness
by Kate Beasley and Jillian Tamaki
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2016
Ghosts
- Genres: Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 300
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for GhostsThe Hero Two Doors Down
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2016
The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
by Laura Shovan
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Ms. Bixby's Last Day
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Paper Wishes
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Paper WishesPax
by Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Save Me a Seat
by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Humor
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), Disability, South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2016
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: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Serafina and the Black Cloak
by Robert Beatty Robert Beatty
Book 1 of the Serafina Series
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Shipwreck Island
Book 1 of the Shipwreck Island Series
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2014
Tucky Jo and Little Heart
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2015
The War That Saved My Life
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
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