Collection Analysis Report
for CCBA Junior Books 2020
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- Adventure (5 books)
- Graphic Novel (3 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Mystery (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Social Studies (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 of 10 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: 527 (Range: 290 - 800)
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 5 of 10 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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- Exceedingly
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.
- 30 Videos
- 16 Book Readings
- 36 Lesson Plans
- Total of 238 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Colorado Council International Reading Association (CCIRA)'s "CCBA Junior Books 2020". 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/QLUBU2D
The Bad Guys in Superbad
Book 8 of the Bad Guys Series, The
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2018
Big Nate Goes Bananas!
by Lincoln Peirce Lincoln Peirce
Part of the Big Nate Series
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 360
- Year Published: 2018
The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story
- Genres: Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2018
Mac Undercover
by Mac Barnett and Mike Lowery Mac Barnett and Mike Lowery
Book 1 of the Mac B., Kid Spy Series
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 2018
Real Friends
by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
Book 1 of the Friends Series
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 290
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- 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
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Supernova
by Kazu Kibuishi Kazu Kibuishi
Book 8 of the Amulet Series
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 330
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SupernovaThe Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 310
- Year Published: 2018
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: Moderately Complex
The 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
Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
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