Collection Analysis Report
for Booked on STEM
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 17 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.
(17 of 17 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (16 books)
- Picture Book (15 books)
- Science (10 books)
- Humor (5 books)
- STEAM (5 books)
- Art (3 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
- Social Studies (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 17 of 17 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: 520 (Range: 100 - 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 4 of 17 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.
- 43 Videos
- 14 Book Readings
- 77 Lesson Plans
- Total of 297 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Palm Beach County Schools's " Booked on STEM". 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/QLCK4HF
Ada Twist, Scientist
by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
Part of the Questioneers Series, The
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 550
- 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
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
All the Water in the World
by George Ella Lyon and Katherine Tillotson
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Because of an Acorn
by Lola M. Schaefer, Adam Schaefer, and Frann Preston-Gannon
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 100
- Year Published: 2016
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
by Todd Tarpley and John Rocco
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 320
- Year Published: 2015
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation)
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Elizabeth Zunon
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2012
The Dot
by Peter H. Reynolds Peter H. Reynolds
Part of the Creatrilogy
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Going Places
by Peter H. Reynolds and Paul A. Reynolds
- Genres: Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Going PlacesHandiest Things in the World
by Andrew Clements and Raquel Jaramillo
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2010
Iggy Peck, Architect
by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
Part of the Questioneers Series, The
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2007
The Most Magnificent Thing
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 380
- Year Published: 2014
Newton and Me
by Lynne Mayer and Sherry Rogers
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2010
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Now & BenRosie Revere, Engineer
by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
Part of the Questioneers Series, The
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2013
We Planted a Tree
by Diane Muldrow and Bob Staake
- Genres: Picture Book, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2010
What Do You Do with a Problem?
by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2016
What Do You Do with an Idea?
by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
What to Do with a Box
by Jane Yolen and Chris Sheban
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 2016
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