| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This rhyming easy-to-read non-fiction science reader covers a favorite nature subject taught in the early childhood curriculum -- the metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 231 |
2.0 |
490 |
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 |
21 |
Total # of Words |
276 |
# of Different Words |
154 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
144 |
52.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
52 |
33.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
10.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
7 |
2.5% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
4.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Changes |
| Butterflies |
| Caterpillars |
| Life Cycle |
| Nature |
| *Animals |
| Insects |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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chrysalis |
crawling |
halter |
nectar |
reveal |
tongues |
upright |
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