Collection Analysis Report
for NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 2
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 (16 books)
- Picture Book (14 books)
- Nonfiction (8 books)
- Humor (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Adventure (4 books)
- Graphic Novel (4 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
- History (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (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 16 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: 580 (Range: 320 - 830)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 4 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.
- 20 Videos
- 8 Book Readings
- 41 Lesson Plans
- Total of 235 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 2". 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/QLJIMAW
Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic
by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2016
Are We There Yet?
by Dan Santat
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Be Quiet!
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Be Quiet!The Boy and the Whale
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2017
Buddy and Earl Go Exploring
by Maureen Fergus and Carey Sookocheff
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2016
The Chilly Adventures of Mr. Small
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Graphic Novel, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years
by Stacy McAnulty and David Litchfield Stacy McAnulty and David Litchfield
Part of the Our Universe Series
- Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2017
Freddie Ramos Rules New York
by Jacqueline Jules and Miguel Benitez Jacqueline Jules and Miguel Benitez
Book 6 of the Zapato Power Series
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2016
The Great New York Subway Map
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
The Journey
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Adventure, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
My Kicks: A Sneaker Story!
by Susan Verde and Katie Kath
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for My KicksNina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone
by Alice Brière-Haquet and Bruno Liance
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for NinaPride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
by Rob Sanders and Steven Salerno
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Rivers of Sunlight: How the Sun Moves Water Around the Earth
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
Book 5 of the Sunlight Series, The
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2017
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
Something's Fishy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt
Book 2 of the Narwhal and Jelly Series
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2017
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World
by Matt Lamothe
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Where's Halmoni?
by Julie Kim
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 320
- Year Published: 2017
Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam
by Fawzia Gilani-Williams and Chiara Fedele
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish, Middle Eastern, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2017
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