Collection Analysis Report
for Grade Three, Connecting
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 8 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.
(8 of 8 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (6 books)
- Picture Book (6 books)
- History (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (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 7 of 8 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: 770 (Range: 600 - 1050)
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 2 of 8 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.
- 4 Videos
- 8 Lesson Plans
- Total of 62 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Grade Three, Connecting". 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/QL5ZBAM
The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
by Kathleen Krull and Greg Couch
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Freedom Summer
by Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2001
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
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Iditarod Dream: Dusty and His Sled Dogs Compete in Alaska's Jr. Iditarod
by Ted Wood
- Genres: Biography, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 1996
Rosa's Room
by Barbara Bottner and Beth Spiegel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Rosa's RoomSalt in His Shoes
by Deloris Jordan, Roslyn M. Jordan, and Kadir Nelson
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2000
A Seed Is Sleepy
by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
Part of the Family Treasure Nature Encyclopedias Series
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2007
Sharks
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SharksTrain to Somewhere
by Eve Bunting and Ronald Himler
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 1996
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