Collection Analysis Report
for NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 6
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)
- Nonfiction (11 books)
- History (6 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Biography (5 books)
- Science (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- STEAM (4 books)
- Music (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Horror (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 19 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: 832 (Range: 210 - 1080)
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.
- 9 Videos
- 10 Book Readings
- 22 Lesson Plans
- Total of 209 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 6". 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/QL2WDZZ
Awkward
by Svetlana Chmakova Svetlana Chmakova
Book 1 of the Berrybrook Middle School Series, The
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 210
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Blackbird Fly
- Grades Used: 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Boy Bites Bug
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2018
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition)
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Anna Hymas
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2015
Drones
by Louise A. Spilsbury and Richard Spilsbury
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for DronesThe First Rule of Punk
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Spanish
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2017
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: Moderately Complex
Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1080
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Fly GirlsImpact: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World
by Elizabeth Rusch and Karin Anderson Elizabeth Rusch and Karin Anderson
Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1070
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ImpactLet Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger
by Anita Silvey
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2016
Lost in the Pacific, 1942: Not a Drop to Drink
by Tod Olson
- Genres: Adventure, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2016
Mad about Monkeys
by Owen Davey
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2015
Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Maker LabOddity
by Sarah Cannon
- Genres: Adventure, Horror, Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for OddityOnce Was a Time
by Leila Sales
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2016
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
by S.D. Nelson
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Sitting BullThe Tapper Twins Go Viral
Book 4 of the Tapper Twins Series
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2017
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
by Gwendolyn Hooks and Colin Bootman
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2015
Took: A Ghost Story
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2015
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
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Way to Bea
by Kat Yeh
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Disability, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2017
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