Title - Cam Jansen The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones Author: Adler, David A. Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Cam and Eric go on a field trip to the museum with their fifth grade class, Cam - with her photographic memory - makes an interesting discovery: dinosaur bones are missing from one of the exhibits. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 697 3.1 680 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 30 Total # of Words 3009 # of Different Words 684 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2154 71.6% # of Hi freq words 327 47.8% % of Long Sentences 3.2 Low Freq occurs 88 2.9% # of Low freq words 48 7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Chapters Features Topics Mystery Dinosaurs Problem Solving Museums Low Frequency Words brachiosaurus cafeteria coelophysis daub earliest exhibit guide guide's haired illustration kickstand lobby lunches mentioned milkman model models mustard paris pedaled photograph photographic photographs plaster prehistoric racks ridden saur scientist sewed sewn shelton shelves shortened signaled solar statue statues sturp thread tilted tour unhook weighed whistles wired wrappings yourselves