Collection Analysis Report
for Read On Wisconsin: 3-5
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 18 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.
(18 of 18 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (16 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Picture Book (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Biography (5 books)
- History (5 books)
- Poetry (4 books)
- Realistic Fiction (4 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
- Music (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 18 of 18 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: 713 (Range: 570 - 1030)
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 11 of 18 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.
- 32 Videos
- 19 Book Readings
- 51 Lesson Plans
- Total of 439 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Read On Wisconsin: 3-5". 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/qlSW2N3
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
by Diane Stanley and Jessie Hartland
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Book Uncle and Me
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
A Boy Named Queen
by Sara Cassidy
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Men / Boys
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Catching a Storyfish
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2016
Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist
by Susan Wood and Duncan Tonatiuh
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Spanish
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Esquivel!Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
by Ashley Bryan
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Garvey's Choice
by Nikki Grimes
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 620
- 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: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
I Am Not a Number
by Jenny Kay Dupuis, Kathy Kacer, and Gillian Newland
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph Marshall, III and Jim Yellowhawk
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2015
Juana & Lucas
by Juana Medina
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
One Half from the East
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Gender, Asian, Women / Girls, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2016
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day
by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Steve Johnson, and Lou Fancher
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Shadows of Sherwood
by Kekla Magoon
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2015
Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
The Sound of All Things
by Myron Uhlberg and Ted Papoulas
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2016
Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems
by Bob Raczka
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
When the Sea Turned to Silver
by Grace Lin
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2016
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