Title - Count the Monkeys
Author: Barnett, Mac
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Kids will giggle as they count all the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages. Full of fun reader interactions and keeps readers guessing until the very last page! Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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224 2.0 480 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 16 Total # of Words 380 # of Different Words 189
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 194 51.1% # of Hi freq words 68 36%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 16 4.2% # of Low freq words 11 5.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Unconventional format
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Counting
Food Chain
*Animals
*Math
Numbers
Low Frequency Words
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