Collection Analysis Report
for M-DCPS Summer Reading List - Kindergarten
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.)
- English Language Arts (14 books)
- Picture Book (9 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (8 books)
- Science (6 books)
- Art (4 books)
- Humor (4 books)
- Graphic Novel (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- History (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (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 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: 323 (Range: 60 - 710)
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 |
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 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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- Moderately
- Very
- 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.
- 70 Videos
- 29 Book Readings
- 64 Lesson Plans
- Total of 240 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "M-DCPS Summer Reading List - Kindergarten". 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/QL3V662
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
Part of the Pigeon Series, The
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 280
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 460
- Year Published: 1969
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
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 4
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 410
- Year Published: 1985
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
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Library Lion
by Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Library LionOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss
- Grades Used: pk, k
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 270
- Year Published: 1960
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
I Will Surprise My Friend!
by Mo Willems
- Genres: Humor, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
My Dad
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 350
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for My DadUnderground
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 60
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UndergroundBiscuit Finds a Friend
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories and
Part of the Biscuit Series
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 210
- Year Published: 1997
The Big Snow
by Berta Hader and Elmer Hader
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 1967
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The Big SnowWe're Going on a Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 280
- Year Published: 1989
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
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Big Wet Balloon
by Liniers
- Grades Used: k, 1
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
I Like Me!
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 400
- Year Published: 1988
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for I Like Me!Mittens
by Lola M. Schaefer and Susan Kathleen Hartung
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 280
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for MittensAnimals Work
by Ted Lewin and David McPhail
- Genres: Nonfiction, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 200
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Animals WorkHearts
by Thereza Rowe
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 130
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for HeartsDig Those Dinosaurs
by Lori Haskins Houran and Francisca Marquez
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
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