Collection Analysis Report
for Read On Wisconsin: 6-8
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 11 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.
(11 of 11 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Historical Fiction (4 books)
- History (3 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science (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 11 of 11 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: 725 (Range: 430 - 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 4 of 11 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.
- 15 Videos
- 14 Book Readings
- 40 Lesson Plans
- Total of 279 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Read On Wisconsin: 6-8". 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/QLKBO7K
The Bitter Side of Sweet
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2016
Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2016
Ghost
by Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds
Book 1 of the Track Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly 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
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
by Adam Gidwitz and Hatem Aly
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Muslim, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Humor
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Middle Eastern, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Lie Tree
- Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The Lie TreeLowriders in Space
by Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third
Book 1 of the Lowriders Series
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 430
- Year Published: 2014
Riding Chance
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2016
Unidentified Suburban Object
by Mike Jung
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2016
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
by Russell Freedman and Laura Williams McCaffrey
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2016
Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
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