| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Ever hear of Charlie Parker? The great jazz saxophone player? If you have or if you haven't, it's okay. Look at this board book and you'll hear Charlie Parker; you'll hear music in your mind. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 188 |
1.9 |
360 |
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 |
22 |
Total # of Words |
96 |
# of Different Words |
45 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
14 |
14.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
5 |
11.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
9.5 |
Low Freq occurs |
23 |
24% |
# of Low freq words |
12 |
26.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Sentences: Captions/Simple |
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| Features |
| Onomatopoeia |
| Unusual use of vocabulary |
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| Topics |
| Sound/Sounds |
| *Music |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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alph |
alto |
bibbitty |
boomba |
chickadee |
fisk |
footi |
overshoes |
reeti |
saxophone |
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trombone |
zznnzznn |
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