Collection Analysis Report
for NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 5
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 21 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.
(21 of 21 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (15 books)
- HASH(0x5646c9ff0d00) (9 books)
- HASH(0x5646ca4033c8) (8 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- History (6 books)
- Science (6 books)
- HASH(0x5646ca1087a0) (3 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc650228) (3 books)
- Spanish (3 books)
- HASH(0x5646cbc47cd0) (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646c9f8cd10) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646ca297368) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646ca7bc040) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646caa571b8) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646cbb98a18) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646cbe8b698) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc2d0cb8) (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 21 of 21 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: 803 (Range: 410 - 1170)
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 4 of 21 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.
- 29 Videos
- 20 Book Readings
- 42 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. 5". 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/QL4DA7E
As Brave as You
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
At the Bottom of the World
by Bill Nye, Gregory Mone, and Nicholas Iluzada
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2017
Bats: Learning to Fly
Part of the Science Comics Series
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for BatsCurious Constructions: A Peculiar Portfolio of Fifty Fascinating Structures
by Michael Hearst and Matt Johnstone
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2017
Dara Palmer's Major Drama
by Emma Shevah
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2016
The Doldrums
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The DoldrumsHalf-Truths and Brazen Lies: An Honest Look at Lying
by Kira Vermond and Clayton Hanmer
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2016
The Honest Truth
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2015
House Arrest
by K.A. Holt
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Island of Beyond
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2016
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
- Grades Used: 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Love
by Matt de la Peña and Loren Long
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for LoveMeatless?: A Fresh Look at What You Eat
by Sarah Elton
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Health, Science
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Meatless?Monster Science: Could Monsters Survive (and Thrive!) in the Real World?
by Helaine Becker and Phil McAndrew
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2016
More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1170
- Year Published: 2018
Rookie of the Year
by Phil Bildner and Tim Probert Phil Bildner and Tim Probert
Book 2 of the Rip & Red Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2016
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 1100
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SchomburgSeparate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, South Asian, Latino (US / Canada), Multiracial / Mixed Race, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2017
Towers Falling
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 410
- Year Published: 2016
Us, in Progress: Short Stories about Young Latinos
by Lulu Delacre
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2017
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