Collection Analysis Report
for Cardinal REaD: Summer Reading Book Titles 2018
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 16 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.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (16 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Sports (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Physical Education (3 books)
- Romance (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (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 16 of 16 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: 783 (Range: 640 - 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 7 of 16 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.
- 33 Videos
- 24 Book Readings
- 27 Lesson Plans
- Total of 327 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Cardinal REaD: Summer Reading Book Titles 2018". 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/QL3TZG2
Carve the Mark
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2017
The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition
by Reyna Grande
- Grades Used: 9
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2016
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
by Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2016
Ghost
Book 1 of the Track Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Openly Straight
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2013
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Scythe
Book 1 of the Arc of a Scythe Trilogy
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2016
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: Moderately Complex
Solo
by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
- Grades Used: 8
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2017
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
A Study in Charlotte
- Genres: Mystery, Romance
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2016
Symptoms of Being Human
by Jeff Garvin
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2016
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
Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
by Michaela Deprince and Elaine Deprince
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2014
Under a Painted Sky
by Stacey Lee
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Gender, Women / Girls, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2015
Untwine
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UntwineThe Walk On
- Genres: Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The Walk OnWe Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story
- Genres: Biography, Humor, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Physical Education
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2014
When Dimple Met Rishi
Book 1 of the Dimpleverse Series
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
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