Collection Analysis Report
for M-DCPS Summer Reading List - Grade 2
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 (13 books)
- Picture Book (10 books)
- Humor (6 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- Science (4 books)
- Beginning / Early Reader (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Poetry (3 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 14 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: 587 (Range: 430 - 840)
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 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
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- 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.
- 45 Videos
- 23 Book Readings
- 75 Lesson Plans
- Total of 285 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "M-DCPS Summer Reading List - Grade 2". 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/QLBQXON
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 1978
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: Moderately Complex
Where the Wild Things Are
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Picture Book, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 1963
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: Slightly Complex
Officer Buckle and Gloria
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Math
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz
- Grades Used: 2, 3
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 1972
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
Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers
by Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds and
Book 3 of the Stink Series
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2007
I, Too, Am America
by Langston Hughes and Bryan Collier
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2012
Rutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems about Our Presidents
by Marilyn Singer and John Hendrix
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Ellington Was Not a Street
by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Star StuffAmelia Bedelia 4 Mayor
by Herman Parish and Lynn Sweat and
Book 15 of the Amelia Bedelia Series
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 1999
Polar Bear Night
by Lauren Thompson and Stephen Savage
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2004
Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover
by Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson and
Book 28 of the Henry and Mudge Series
- Genres: Adventure, Holiday, Humor, Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2006
Franklin Goes to the Hospital
by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark and
Part of the Franklin the Turtle Series
- Grades Used: 2
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2000
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
Mouse Soup
by Arnold Lobel
- Genres: Beginning / Early Reader
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 430
- Year Published: 1977
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Mouse SoupThe Eye of the Whale: A Rescue Story
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2013
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