Collection Analysis Report
for District Battle of the Books 2019-2020
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 20 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.
(20 of 20 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (20 books)
- Realistic Fiction (9 books)
- Adventure (4 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (4 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Physical Education (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- Sports (3 books)
- Mystery (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Nonfiction (1 books)
- Picture Book (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 17 of 20 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: 714 (Range: 320 - 1120)
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 |
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 20 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.
- 40 Videos
- 27 Book Readings
- 42 Lesson Plans
- Total of 348 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "District Battle of the Books 2019-2020". 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/QLEB4OR
Patina
Book 2 of the Track Series
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for PatinaSuper Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Super WomenSpeed of Life
by Carol Weston
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2017
One Amazing Elephant
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2017
Swing
by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Physical Education
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Nightbooks
by J.A. White
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for NightbooksIt Ain't So Awful, Falafel
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Humor
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Middle Eastern, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
A Wolf Called Wander
by Rosanne Parry and Mónica Armiño
- Genres: Adventure
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2019
New Kid
by Jerry Craft
Book 1 of the New Kid Series
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 320
- Year Published: 2019
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Ice Wolves
by Amie Kaufman
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Ice WolvesI Wanna Be Where You Are
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2019
Things That Surprise You
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Other Words for Home
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Middle Eastern, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2019
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Line Tender
by Kate Allen
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2019
The Pearl Thief
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2017
The Collectors
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2018
When Friendship Followed Me Home
by Paul Griffin
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
The Strangers
by Margaret Peterson Haddix and Anne Lambelet
- Genres: Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2019
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
A Kind of Paradise
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2019
Out of Place
by Jennifer Blecher and Tuesday Mourning
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2019
Qualitative Measures:
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