Collection Analysis Report
for Battle, Elementary, 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 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 (19 books)
- Historical Fiction (7 books)
- History (7 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (5 books)
- Adventure (4 books)
- Mystery (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- Physical Education (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Sports (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- Poetry (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 18 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: 718 (Range: 570 - 900)
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 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.
- 40 Videos
- 23 Book Readings
- 38 Lesson Plans
- Total of 350 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on New Mexico Library Association (NMLA) and New Mexico State Library (NMSL)'s "Battle, Elementary, 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/ql3C9CQ
Ban This Book
by Alan Gratz
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2017
The Black Book of Secrets
by F.E. Higgins
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2007
Blue Birds
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Blue BirdsThe Cats of Tanglewood Forest
by Charles de Lint and Charles Vess
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2013
Charlie and Frog
by Karen Kane
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
The Doughnut Fix
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2018
Front Desk
Book 1 of the Front Desk Series
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- 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: Very Complex
The Game of Silence
by Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich
Book 2 of the Birchbark House Series
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
How Oscar Indigo Broke the Universe (and Put It Back Together Again)
by David Teague
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2017
Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Gordon C. James
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2019
Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's First Bookmobile
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Louisiana's Way Home
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Lucky Broken Girl
by Ruth Behar
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2017
The Night Diary
- Grades Used: 6
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Muslim, South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Out of Left Field
by Ellen Klages
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2018
The Parker Inheritance
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
The Screaming Staircase
by Jonathan Stroud Jonathan Stroud
Book 1 of the Lockwood & Co. Series
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2013
Space Case
by Stuart Gibbs
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Space CaseThe Wolf's Boy
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2016
The Year Money Grew on Trees
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2010
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