Title - A Surprise for Mom Author: Urmston, Kathleen - Karen Evans Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre There are several steps to making a cake to surprise Mom. Watch as these youngsters prepare their cake! Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 59 1.0 100 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 10 Total # of Words 101 # of Different Words 42 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 44 43.6% # of Hi freq words 16 38.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Moderate support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features First Person Topics Cooking Messiness *Home Arts & Food Low Frequency Words