Collection Analysis Report
for Bluestem 2019
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 20 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.
(20 of 20 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (18 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- Realistic Fiction (7 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- Biography (5 books)
- History (5 books)
- Picture Book (5 books)
- Adventure (4 books)
- Science (4 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (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 19 of 20 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: 775 (Range: 550 - 1170)
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 9 of 20 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.
- 39 Videos
- 27 Book Readings
- 60 Lesson Plans
- Total of 431 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA)'s "Bluestem 2019". 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/QLBRGV7
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
Amina's Voice
by Hena Khan
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian (Global), Muslim, South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2017
The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau Jeanne DuPrau
Book 1 of the Books of Ember Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Counting Thyme
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2016
Diamond Willow
by Helen Frost
- Genres: Adventure, Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2008
Fish in a Tree
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Holiday, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
by John Coy and Randy DuBurke
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 1170
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Game ChangerA Handful of Stars
by Cynthia Lord
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2015
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Jewish, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Moo
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for MooMs. Bixby's Last Day
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately 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
Project Mulberry
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Secret Subway
by Shana Corey and Red Nose Studio
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, STEAM
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2016
The Story of Diva and Flea
by Mo Willems and Tony DiTerlizzi
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2015
A Tangle of Knots
by Lisa Graff
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2013
Ugly
by Robert Hoge
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UglyWhat Was the Great Chicago Fire?
by Janet B. Pascal Janet B. Pascal
Part of the What Was? What Is? Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2016
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 820
- 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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
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
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