Collection Analysis Report
for Read Aloud List 2018-19 Grade 5
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 15 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.
(15 of 15 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (10 books)
- Picture Book (10 books)
- Social Studies (10 books)
- Nonfiction (8 books)
- History (6 books)
- Science (4 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 15 of 15 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: 746 (Range: 490 - 990)
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 6 of 15 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.
- 20 Videos
- 11 Book Readings
- 44 Lesson Plans
- Total of 251 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Read Aloud List 2018-19 Grade 5". 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/QL3GTQQ
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
by Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global), Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
by Miranda Paul and Elizabeth Zunon
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2015
The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History
by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, and Roger Roth
- Genres: Mystery, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 1999
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very 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: Moderately Complex
Henry's Freedom Box
by Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2012
Every Living Thing: Stories
by Cynthia Rylant and S.D. Schindler
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Science
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1985
The Lotus Seed
by Sherry Garland and Tatsuro Kiuchi
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 1993
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Saturdays and Teacakes
by Lester L. Laminack and Chris K. Soentpiet
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2004
Paper Son: Lee's Journey to America
by Helen Foster James, Virginia Loh-Hagan, and Wilson J. Ong
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Paper SonNothing Ever Happens on 90th Street
by Roni Schotter and Kyrsten Brooker
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Revolutionary War
by Josh Gregory
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2012
Salt in His Shoes
by Deloris Jordan, Roslyn M. Jordan, and Kadir Nelson
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2000
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist!: A Settlement You'd Rather Not Start
by Jacqueline Morley and David Antram and
Part of the You Wouldn't Want to Be... Series
- Genres: Humor, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2013
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