Collection Analysis Report
for 3rd Grade Writing Resource
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (8 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Science (6 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Biography (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Social Studies (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 10 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: 620 (Range: 500 - 940)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 3 of 10 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.
- 16 Videos
- 12 Book Readings
- 24 Lesson Plans
- Total of 148 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "3rd Grade Writing Resource". 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/QLHPJV7
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
by Katherine Applegate and G. Brian Karas
- Grades Used: 2, 3
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One
by Judy Blume and James Stevenson and
Part of the The Pain & the Great One Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2008
Prince Cinders
by Babette Cole
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2001
A Fine, Fine School
by Sharon Creech and Harry Bliss
- Genres: Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 2001
Diary of a Worm
by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss and
Book 1 of the Bug Diaries Series
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2003
Come On, Rain
by Karen Hesse and Jon J. Muth
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Science, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 1999
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm
by Jon Katz
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2011
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Shabazz Larkin
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 620
- 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: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Deadliest Animals
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 2011
The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses
by Lisa Wheeler and Zachariah O'Hora
- Grades Used: 1, 2
- Genres: Humor, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly 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
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