Collection Analysis Report
for NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 1
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 (12 books)
- Humor (8 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (3 books)
- Graphic Novel (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Holiday (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 14 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: 467 (Range: 180 - 930)
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 |
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 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.
- 37 Videos
- 11 Book Readings
- 48 Lesson Plans
- Total of 353 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 1". 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/QLHA5YX
¡El gallo que no se callaba! / The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!
by Carmen Agra Deedy and Eugene Yelchin
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2017
The Airport Book
by Lisa Brown
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Alfie
by Thyra Heder
- Genres: Holiday, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for AlfieAre We Pears Yet?
by Miranda Paul and Carin Berger
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
The Bad Seed
by Jory John and Pete Oswald Jory John and Pete Oswald
Part of the Food Group Series, The
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Science
- Lexile: 390
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Before Morning
by Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Picture Book, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Belinda the Unbeatable
by Lee Nordling and Scott Roberts
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Bob, Not Bob!: *To Be Read as Though You Have the Worst Cold Ever
by Liz Garton Scanlon, Audrey Vernick, and Matthew Cordell
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2017
Can I Eat That?
by Joshua David Stein and Julia Rothman
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Health
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
City Shapes
by Diana Murray and Bryan Collier
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for City ShapesDreamers
by Yuyi Morales
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2018
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: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
It's Shoe Time!
- Genres: Humor, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 210
- Year Published: 2017
Julián is a Mermaid
by Jessica Love
- Genres: Holiday, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), LGBTQ+, Men / Boys, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 190
- Year Published: 2018
Noodleheads See the Future
by Mitch Weiss, Martha Hamilton, and Tedd Arnold Mitch Weiss, Martha Hamilton, and Tedd Arnold
Book 2 of the Noodleheads Series
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Humor, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 2017
Over and Under the Pond
by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal
Part of the Over and Under Series
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2017
Pedro the Ninja
by Tammie Lyon and Fran Manushkin Tammie Lyon and Fran Manushkin
Part of the Pedro Series
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2017
The Real Poop on Pigeons
- Genres: Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2016
Sleep Tight, Charlie
by Michael Escoffier and Kris Di Giacomo
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Snail and Worm: Three Stories about Two Friends
Book 1 of the Snail & Worm Series
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 180
- Year Published: 2016
Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land
by John Coy
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2016
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