Collection Analysis Report
for NYC Reads 365 - PreK
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)
- Picture Book (11 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Science (6 books)
- Concept Book (3 books)
- Math (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Spanish (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 9 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: 383 (Range: 100 - 510)
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 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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- 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.
- 16 Videos
- 5 Book Readings
- 8 Lesson Plans
- Total of 156 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "NYC Reads 365 - PreK". 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/QLS63DR
1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book
by Juana Medina
- Genres: Concept Book, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for 1 Big SaladAmong a Thousand Fireflies
by Helen Frost and Rick Lieder
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Apples and Robins
by Lucie Felix
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
- Grades Used: pk, k
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2015
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: Slightly Complex
Because of an Acorn
by Lola M. Schaefer, Adam Schaefer, and Frann Preston-Gannon
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 100
- Year Published: 2016
Cars Go
by Steve Light
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Cars GoCat Nap
by Toni Yuly
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Cat NapChengdu Can Do
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
City Moon
by Rachael Cole and Blanca Gómez
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 450
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for City MoonDon't Blink!
by Tom Booth
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Don't Blink!Every Day Birds
by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater and Dylan Metrano
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 440
- Year Published: 2016
Finding Spring
by Carin Berger
- Genres: Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Physical Education, Science
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2015
Float
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FloatLittles: And How They Grow
by Kelly DiPucchio and A.G. Ford
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for LittlesLook Outside!
by National Geographic Society
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 420
- Year Published: 2017
Marta! Big & Small
by Jen Arena and Angela Dominguez
- Genres: Concept Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Penguin Day
by Nic Bishop
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Penguin DayStanley's Colors
Part of the Stanley Series
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 330
- Year Published: 2016
Two Mice
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Two MiceWhere Are You?
- Genres: Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 230
- Year Published: 2017
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