Title - Buzz Said the Bee
Author: Lewison, Wendy Cheyette
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A bee sits on Duck, and when Duck quacks at it to scat, it doesn't listen! So Duck sits on Hen. Hilarity ensues as each animal sits on another. As one animal sits on another in an accumulating progression, the reader learns the sounds each animal makes. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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70 1.1 110 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 27 Total # of Words 165 # of Different Words 42
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 87 52.7% # of Hi freq words 13 31%
% of Long Sentences 10 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
2 patterns excl open/close
Patterned but many changes
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Onomatopoeia
Topics
*Animals
Animals: Farm
Low Frequency Words