| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will learn about clouds as they change shape and take on different forms. The clouds grow bigger and darker until the rain comes and the narrator decides to go inside. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 74 |
1.1 |
110 |
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 |
7 |
Total # of Words |
109 |
# of Different Words |
42 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
54 |
49.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
12 |
28.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
0.9% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
2.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| *Weather |
| Observation |
| Clouds |
| Imagination |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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