Title - A Drop of Water Author: Wick, Walter Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Filled with stop-action and close-up photography, this young reader scientific book features such images as a single snowflake and a falling drop of water, accompanied by introductions to such concepts as evaporation and condensation. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2030 5.0 900 Amazon RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 32 Total # of Words 2416 # of Different Words 692 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 1458 60.3% # of Hi freq words 209 30.2% % of Long Sentences 14.6 Low Freq occurs 224 9.3% # of Low freq words 148 21.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Inferences: Some implications Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Features Topics Temperature Water *Weather Experiments *Science Cause/Effect Snow Water Cycle *Physical Science Low Frequency Words accumulate actual adhesion affected airborne angle angles angular apparently astonishing bristles bubble's capillary celsius condensation condenses constant contrast crevices curious degrees delicate dewdrops disappearing dissolves droplet droplets edges effect elaborate elongates eventually evident extremely fahrenheit faucet fernlike glistening gradually gritty growth heating humid humidity immediately impact imperfections instantly interacts intricate invisible invisibly landscape liquid lowered magically major massive materials mathematical meanwhile microscope mingle molecule molecules motion mountaintop mysterious narrower nature neighboring object objects otherwise panels particle particles pearls pellets photograph photographed photographs pollen positions precious precision produce produces raindrop raindrops reflected reflects refract relative replenishing result revealing reveals rigid sequence shimmering shown shrink sided sleet slivers solution somewhat soot sparkling spheres spherical spontaneously spout stirred strand structure substance surfaces surrounded surrounds survive swirl swirling temperatures tension throughout tiniest transformed transforms trillion typical uncovered underlying unequal unique vapor variations variety vary veins versus visible wavelength wavelengths weakens windowpanes wrinkles