Collection Analysis Report
for Best Fit Books for ELA Curriculum: Grade 4
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 24 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.
(24 of 24 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (21 books)
- Social Studies (10 books)
- Historical Fiction (7 books)
- Realistic Fiction (7 books)
- Humor (5 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Health (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 22 of 24 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: 740 (Range: 490 - 980)
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 13 of 24 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
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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.
- 42 Videos
- 26 Book Readings
- 76 Lesson Plans
- Total of 307 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Best Fit Books for ELA Curriculum: Grade 4". 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/QLTUPTO
Because of Winn-Dixie
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo and Timothy Basil Ering
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhhà Lại
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Shiloh
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 1991
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Matilda
by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 1988
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Hate That Cat
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes and Louis Slobodkin
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1944
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly 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
How to Steal a Dog
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
by Louis Sachar
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 1987
Stone Fox
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math, Science
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 1980
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by Eleanor Coerr and Ronald Himler
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Mr. Tucket
by Gary Paulsen
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 1969
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Mr. TucketThe Sign of the Beaver
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 1983
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
The Chocolate Touch
by Patrick Skene Catling and Margot Apple
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Humor, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 1952
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 1974
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The War with Grandpa
by Robert Kimmel Smith
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 1984
Owls in the Family
by Farley Mowat
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 1962
Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, and A Very Strange Adventure
by Lissa Evans
- Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2012
The Kid in the Red Jacket
by Barbara Park
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 1987
The Cabin Faced West
by Jean Fritz and Feodor Rojanovsky
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1958
Annie Glover Is Not a Tree Lover
by Darleen Bailey Beard and Heather Maione
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2009
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon
- Genres: Adventure
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1990
Naya Nuki: Shoshoni Girl Who Ran
by Kenneth Thomasma and Eunice Hundley
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1983
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Naya NukiSoun Tetoken: Nez Perce Boy Tames a Stallion
by Kenneth Thomasma and Eunice Hundley
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1984
Qualitative Measures:
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