Collection Analysis Report
for Best Fit Books for ELA Curriculum: Grade K
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)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
- Math (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (1 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 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: 448 (Range: 200 - 600)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 6 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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- Moderately
- Very
- 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.
- 47 Videos
- 26 Book Readings
- 68 Lesson Plans
- Total of 156 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Best Fit Books for ELA Curriculum: Grade K". 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/QLVUH8F
Chrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 1991
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 Snowy Day
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 1962
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
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 200
- Year Published: 1967
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly 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 Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale
by Jan Brett
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 1989
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
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, and Lois Ehlert
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1
- Genres: Concept Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 1989
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Gingerbread Baby
by Jan Brett
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Art
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 1999
Ten Apples Up on Top
by Theo LeSieg, Roy McKie, and Dr. Seuss
- Genres: Humor, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 200
- Year Published: 1961
Mouse Paint
- Grades Used: pk, k
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts, Art
- Lexile: 370
- Year Published: 1989
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
Mouse Count
by Ellen Stoll Walsh and Diane D'Andrade
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Math, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 1991
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Mouse CountThe Jacket I Wear in the Snow
by Shirley Neitzel and Nancy Winslow Parker
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1989
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