Collection Analysis Report
for Social Science, Gr. 3
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 21 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.
(21 of 21 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Social Studies (15 books)
- English Language Arts (12 books)
- Picture Book (12 books)
- History (10 books)
- Nonfiction (8 books)
- Historical Fiction (5 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Music (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 17 of 21 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: 691 (Range: 420 - 1090)
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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
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 21 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.
- 33 Videos
- 15 Book Readings
- 36 Lesson Plans
- Total of 317 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Chicago Public Schools's "Social Science, Gr. 3". 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/qlNKAQ4
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
by Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
At the Same Moment, Around the World
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Class President
by Louis Sachar and Amy Wummer
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Humor, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 430
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Firestorm!
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Firestorm!Flood
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FloodFreedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jerome Lagarrigue
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Give and Take
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2014
Grace for President
by Kelly DiPucchio and LeUyen Pham
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2008
The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams
by Tanya Lee Stone and Kathryn Brown
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
If You Made a Million
by David M. Schwartz and Steven Kellogg
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 1989
In Business with Mallory
by Laurie B. Friedman and Barbara Pollack Laurie B. Friedman and Barbara Pollack
Book 5 of the Mallory McDonald Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2006
Locomotive
by Brian Floca
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very 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
Maps and Geography
by Ken Jennings and Mike Lowery Ken Jennings and Mike Lowery
Part of the Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guides
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 2014
Ruth and the Green Book
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land
by John Coy
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2016
A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water Across the World
by Christine Ieronimo and Eric Velasquez
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
The Turtle of Oman
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern, Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2014
Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
by Henry Cole
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UnspokenVote!
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Vote!When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
by Laban Carrick Hill and Theodore Taylor, III
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2013
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