| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This easy-to-understand introduction to the skeletal system, with bright, colorful illustrations, is now formatted for more experienced beginning readers. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 415 |
2.5 |
610 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
24 |
Total # of Words |
1029 |
# of Different Words |
311 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
649 |
63.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
126 |
40.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
36 |
3.5% |
# of Low freq words |
23 |
7.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Body |
| *Human Body & Health |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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cartilage |
construction |
curve |
curved |
fully |
granite |
headache |
healing |
jiggling |
joints |
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ligaments |
lungs |
marrow |
material |
plaster |
rubbery |
scientific |
spine |
sponge |
squashy |
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stretchy |
vertebrae |
wrists |
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