Collection Analysis Report
for Best Fit Books for ELA Curriculum: Grade 2
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 12 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.
(12 of 12 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (12 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (4 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Holiday (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 12 of 12 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: 710 (Range: 510 - 940)
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 4 of 12 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.
- 20 Videos
- 8 Book Readings
- 37 Lesson Plans
- Total of 152 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Best Fit Books for ELA Curriculum: Grade 2". 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/QLFAGB8
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
by Sharon Creech and Chris Raschka
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Thanksgiving on Thursday
by Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca and
Book 27 of the Magic Tree House Series
- Genres: Adventure, Holiday, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2002
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor
by Jon Scieszka and Brian Biggs and
Book 1 of the Frank Einstein Series
- Genres: Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2014
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1961
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Lawn Boy
by Gary Paulsen
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Lawn BoyLulu Walks the Dogs
by Judith Viorst and Lane Smith
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2012
Abraham Lincoln: A Nonfiction Companion to Abraham Lincoln At Last!
by Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, and Salvatore Murdocca , , and
Part of the Magic Tree House: Fact Tracker Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2011
Lily and Miss Liberty
by Carla Stevens and Deborah Kogan Ray
- Grades Used: 2, 3
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 1992
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Chalk Box Kid
by Clyde Robert Bulla and Thomas Burt Allen
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 1987
Molly's Pilgrim
by Barbara Cohen and Daniel Duffy
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Holiday, Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 1990
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Dragons of Blueland
by Ruth Stiles Gannett and Robert Sevra
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2006
Danger in Quicksand Swamp
by Bill Wallace
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 1989
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