| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will love learning about their feathered friends, from familiar owls to exotic emus. Each page of text has interesting information and engaging photos of a wide range of birds. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 223 |
2.0 |
480 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
14 |
Total # of Words |
316 |
# of Different Words |
141 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
168 |
53.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
43 |
30.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
15 |
4.7% |
# of Low freq words |
11 |
7.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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cockatoos |
emu |
pelican |
puffin |
puffins |
rainforest |
roadrunner |
sac |
tongues |
toucan |
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vultures |
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