Collection Analysis Report
for Blue Spruce, 2018
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- Picture Book (10 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (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 7 of 10 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: 557 (Range: 270 - 730)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 1 of 10 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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- 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.
- 7 Videos
- 2 Book Readings
- 9 Lesson Plans
- Total of 101 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Ontario Library Association (OLA): Forest of Reading's "Blue Spruce, 2018". 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/QLF9MPO
The Branch
by Mireille Messier and Pierre Pratt
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The BranchThe Darkest Dark
by Chris Hadfield, Terry Fan, and Eric Fan
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2016
Even Superheroes Have Bad Days
by Shelly Becker and Eda Kaban
- Genres: Adventure, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2016
French Toast
by Kari-Lynn Winters and François Thisdale
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for French ToastGreat
by Glen Gretzky, Lauri Holomis, and Kevin Sylvester
- Genres: Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for GreatThe Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain
by Carolyn Huizinga Mills and Brooke Kerrigan
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Milo and Georgie
by Bree Galbraith and Josée Bisaillon
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2017
The Owl and the Lemming
by Roselynn Akulukjuk and Amanda Sandland
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by Jess Keating and Marta Álvarez Miguéns
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
A Squiggly Story
by Andrew Larsen and Mike Lowery
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 270
- Year Published: 2016
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