Collection Analysis Report
for Read On Wisconsin: 6-8
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 13 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.
(13 of 13 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (12 books)
- Realistic Fiction (7 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- History (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Social Studies (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 12 of 13 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: 748 (Range: 460 - 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 3 of 13 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
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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.
- 26 Videos
- 17 Book Readings
- 26 Lesson Plans
- Total of 293 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Read On Wisconsin: 6-8". 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/qlBP632
All's Faire in Middle School
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very 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
Cyclone
by Doreen Cronin and Debra Sfetsios-Conover
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for CycloneThe Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2017
The First Rule of Punk
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Spanish
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Midnight at the Electric
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2017
Miles Morales: Spider-Man
by Jason Reynolds and Kadir Nelson
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1090
- Year Published: 2017
The Stars Beneath Our Feet
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2017
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1060
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Team MoonThis Is Just a Test
by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Humor
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2017
When My Sister Started Kissing
by Helen Frost
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2016
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