Title - Ants, Ants, and More Ants
Author: Roberts, Brian
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will learn about one of the most well-known of all insects - the ant. Readers will learn about different colors and sizes of ants, as well as different jobs ants have within their colony. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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130 1.5 170 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 12 Total # of Words 168 # of Different Words 86
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 76 45.2% # of Hi freq words 24 27.9%
% of Long Sentences 4.8 Low Freq occurs 2 1.2% # of Low freq words 2 2.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
*Animals
Ants
Bugs
Insects
Low Frequency Words
antennae soldier