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Author: Silverberg, Bea
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will read about a young girl and some events that happen in her life. She tells about difficult feelings related to losing her cat, having a friend move away, starting a new school year, and more. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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179 1.8 290 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 19 Total # of Words 397 # of Different Words 205
Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 257 64.7% # of Hi freq words 89 43.4%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 0.5% # of Low freq words 2 1%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Additional activities
Features
First Person
Topics
Changes
Feelings/Emotions
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
crawly halloween