Title - Colors in the City Author: Urmston, Kathleen - Karen Evans Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre What colors do you need to draw a city? This story presents coloring with different colors of crayons. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 28 0.5 60 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 7 Total # of Words 61 # of Different Words 17 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 35 57.4% # of Hi freq words 5 29.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: High support Opening or Closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics Colors Drawing *Arts & Crafts Low Frequency Words