Title - A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy Author: Holtzman, Caren Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Looking forward to spending the quarter he received from the Tooth Fairy, a young boy adds up all the different things he can buy for twenty-five cents. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 193 1.9 400 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 18 Total # of Words 443 # of Different Words 181 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 283 63.9% # of Hi freq words 74 40.9% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Character traits Simple Plot First Person Rhyming Topics Teeth Shopping Money *Math *Human Body & Health Low Frequency Words