Collection Analysis Report
for Read Aloud List 2018-19 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 17 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.
(17 of 17 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Picture Book (13 books)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- Nonfiction (9 books)
- Biography (8 books)
- Science (7 books)
- History (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- STEAM (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 17 of 17 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: 725 (Range: 530 - 920)
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 |
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 17 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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- 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.
- 31 Videos
- 14 Book Readings
- 70 Lesson Plans
- Total of 316 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Read Aloud List 2018-19 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/QLN2R4M
Each Kindness
by Jacqueline Woodson and E.B. Lewis
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again
by Dan Santat
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Encounter
by Jane Yolen and David Shannon
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 1992
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: Very Complex
Encounter
by Jane Yolen and David Shannon
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 1992
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: Very Complex
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Music
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Malala's Magic Pencil
by Malala Yousafzai and Kerascoët
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Muslim, Asian, Asian (Global), South Asian, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2017
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by Jess Keating and Marta Álvarez Miguéns
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
by Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2013
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving
by Joseph Bruchac and Greg Shed
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Biography, Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Thunder Cake
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1990
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation)
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Elizabeth Zunon
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2012
Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2011
Every Living Thing: Stories
by Cynthia Rylant and S.D. Schindler
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Science
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1985
Twilight Comes Twice
by Ralph Fletcher and Kate Kiesler
- Genres: Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1997
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History
by Lynne Cherry
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1992
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
by Barack Obama and Loren Long
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Manfish: The Story of Jacques Cousteau
by Jennifer Berne and Éric Puybaret
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2008
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
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