Collection Analysis Report
for CPS BOB 2020 Gr. 4-6
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 23 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.
(23 of 23 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (22 books)
- Realistic Fiction (10 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- Poetry (4 books)
- Spanish (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- STEAM (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 21 of 23 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: 713 (Range: 350 - 1030)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 8 of 23 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.
- 56 Videos
- 40 Book Readings
- 50 Lesson Plans
- Total of 484 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Chicago Public Schools's "CPS BOB 2020 Gr. 4-6". 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/QLFOXFH
Count Me In
by Varsha Bajaj
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2019
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
Dog Diaries
by James Patterson, Steven Butler, and Richard Watson James Patterson, Steven Butler, and Richard Watson
Part of the Middle School: Dog Diaries Series
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Dog DiariesEach Tiny Spark
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2019
Finding Langston
by Lesa Cline-Ransome Lesa Cline-Ransome
Book 1 of the Finding Langston Trilogy
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2017
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 Last Last-Day-Of-Summer
by Lamar Giles and Dapo Adeola Lamar Giles and Dapo Adeola
Book 1 of the Legendary Alston Boys Adventures
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2019
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: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Book 1 of the Merci Suárez Trilogy
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
My Year in the Middle
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Physical Education, Spanish
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2018
Nature-Inspired Contraptions
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2019
Operation Frog Effect
by Sarah Lynn
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2019
The Season of Styx Malone
by Kekla Magoon
- Genres: Adventure
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2018
Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream
by Julissa Arce
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Song for a Whale
by Lynne Kelly
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2019
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks
by Alice Faye Duncan and Xia Gordon
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2019
Squint
by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SquintThis Was Our Pact
by Ryan Andrews
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 350
- Year Published: 2019
To Night Owl from Dogfish
by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2019
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Unteachables
- Grades Used: 6, 7
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2019
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 Usual Suspects
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2019
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, and Theodore Taylor, III
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2020
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for WokeYou Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for You Can FlyYou Go First
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
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