Collection Analysis Report
for NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 4
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 (17 books)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- Picture Book (6 books)
- Science (6 books)
- History (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Adventure (4 books)
- Art (4 books)
- Graphic Novel (3 books)
- Horror (3 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- STEAM (3 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (3 books)
- Holiday (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- French (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Poetry (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 17 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: 865 (Range: 490 - 1150)
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 5 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.
- 35 Videos
- 19 Book Readings
- 40 Lesson Plans
- Total of 393 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 4". 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/QLZ6J4B
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World
by Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Shane W. Evans
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1080
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for 28 DaysAhimsa
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), Gender, South Asian, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Exceedingly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
The Big Bad Fox
- Genres: Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, French
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 1150
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Bravo!Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
by Chris Barton and Victo Ngai
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Frightlopedia: An Encyclopedia of Everything Scary, Creepy, and Spine-Chilling, from Arachnids to Zombies
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Holiday, Horror, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1060
- Year Published: 2016
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Holiday, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code
by Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Grace HopperHome Sweet Motel
by Chris Grabenstein and Brooklyn Allen
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2016
The Human Body
by Ken Jennings and Mike Lowery Ken Jennings and Mike Lowery
Part of the Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guides
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Health, Science
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2015
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
by Roxane Orgill and Francis Vallejo
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Jazz DayThe Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste Tracey Baptiste
Book 1 of the Jumbies Series, The
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The JumbiesThe Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade
by Max Brallier and Douglas Holgate Max Brallier and Douglas Holgate
Book 2 of the Last Kids on Earth Series, The
- Genres: Adventure, Horror, Humor, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2016
See You in the Cosmos
by Jack Cheng
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2017
Sidetracked
by Diana Asher
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 2016
Two Naomis
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Two NaomisUntamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall
by Anita Silvey
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1100
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UntamedThe Wild Robot
Book 1 of the Wild Robot Series, The
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Witch Boy
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Men / Boys
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2017
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