Collection Analysis Report
for Elementary Library Books
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 13 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.
(13 of 13 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Social Studies (9 books)
- Health (5 books)
- Picture Book (5 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 10 of 13 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: 631 (Range: 480 - 870)
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 6 of 13 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.
- 13 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 68 Lesson Plans
- Total of 190 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Elementary Library Books". 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/QLRPXN6
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2012
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: Moderately Complex
The Wall
by Eve Bunting and Ronald Himler
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 1990
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The WallChrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 1991
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
Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 1988
Hey, Little Ant
by Phillip Hoose, Hannah Hoose, and Debbie Tilley
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1998
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
The Invisible Boy
by Trudy Ludwig and Patrice Barton
- Grades Used: 5, 6
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
One
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, Math
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Oliver Button Is a Sissy
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Men / Boys
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 1979
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Shades of People
by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
Through Grandpa's Eyes
by Patricia MacLachlan and Deborah Kogan Ray
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 1983
What's Wrong With Timmy?
by Maria Shriver and Sandra Speidel
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2001
What I Like about Me!
by Allia Zobel-Nolan and Miki Sakamoto
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
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