Title - Bees Author: Berger, Melvin Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This title features various fun facts about bees. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 119 1.4 160 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 129 # of Different Words 60 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 38 29.5% # of Hi freq words 15 25% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 10 7.8% # of Low freq words 2 3.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics *Animals Bugs *Animal Life Low Frequency Words nectar pollen