Collection Analysis Report
for 3rd Grade Book Club
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 18 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.
(18 of 18 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (17 books)
- Realistic Fiction (7 books)
- Science (7 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- Humor (5 books)
- Picture Book (5 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- History (2 books)
- Mystery (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Physical Education (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Spanish (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 17 of 18 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: 663 (Range: 340 - 1190)
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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
11-12 | 1185-1385 | 11.20-14.10 | 67-74 | 10.34-14.20 | Z+ | 9.57-12.00 | 12.30-14.50 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 5 of 18 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.
- 36 Videos
- 15 Book Readings
- 80 Lesson Plans
- Total of 280 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "3rd Grade Book Club". 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/QLSGW2P
The Water Princess
by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2016
The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa
by Cristina Kessler and Leonard Jenkins
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2006
Sea Turtle Scientist
Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1190
- Year Published: 2014
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
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
Enemy Pie
by Derek Munson and Tara Calahan King
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Enemy PieAda Twist, Scientist
by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts and
Part of the Questioneers Series, The
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2016
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
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Who Is Jane Goodall?
by Roberta Edwards, Stephen Marchesi, Nancy Harrison, and John O'Brien , , , and
Part of the Who Was? Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2012
Where Is the Amazon?
by Sarah Fabiny, Daniel Colon, and David Groff , , and
Part of the Where Is? Series
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2016
Top Secret
by John Reynolds Gardiner and Marc Simont
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 1984
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Top SecretWayside School Is Falling Down
by Louis Sachar
Part of the Wayside School Series
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 440
- Year Published: 1989
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 Capital Catch
by David A. Kelly and Mark Meyers and
Book 13 of the Ballpark Mysteries
- Genres: Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2017
Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes
- Genres: Humor, Mystery, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Math
- Lexile: 340
- Year Published: 2012
Mr. Klutz Is Nuts!
by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot and
Book 2 of the My Weird School Series
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2004
Brand New School, Brave New Ruby
by Derrick Barnes and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2008
Drawn to Trouble
by Nick Bruel
Part of the Bad Kitty Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Humor, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
My Name Is Maria Isabel
by Alma Flor Ada and K. Dyble Thompson
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Spanish
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1993
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
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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