Collection Analysis Report
for LYRC 2019 Gr. 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 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 (11 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- History (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Biography (5 books)
- Picture Book (5 books)
- Adventure (4 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 15 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: 693 (Range: 410 - 920)
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 3 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.
- 34 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 43 Lesson Plans
- Total of 241 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on LA State Library's "LYRC 2019 Gr. 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/QL8GUWI
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very 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
Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Tuan Ho, and Brian Deines
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2016
The Bad Guys
Book 1 of the Bad Guys Series, The
- Grades Used: 1
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Framed!: A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery
Book 1 of the Framed! Series
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Framed!The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation
by Gilbert Ford
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2016
My Life in Pictures
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2016
Seven and a Half Tons of Steel
by Janet Nolan and Thomas Gonzalez
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2016
Soar
by Joan Bauer
- Genres: Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SoarStep Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2016
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
by Gwendolyn Hooks and Colin Bootman
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2015
Towers Falling
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 410
- Year Published: 2016
The Voyage to Magical North
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2016
The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game
by Nancy Churnin and Jez Tuya
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2016
Wish
- Grades Used: 5
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 850
- 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
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Word of Mouse
by James Patterson and Joe Sutphin
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2016
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