| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Young readers will learn how beetles grow, where they live, what they eat, how long they have been around, what different types of beetles look like, and much more. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 362 |
2.4 |
580 |
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 |
26 |
Total # of Words |
194 |
# of Different Words |
132 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
60 |
30.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
27 |
20.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3.6 |
Low Freq occurs |
7 |
3.6% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
5.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Colorful, figurative |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Difficult |
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| Glossary |
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| Topics |
| Environment |
| Life Cycle |
| *Animals |
| Bugs |
| Insects |
| *Animal Life |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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jewel |
larvae |
lighting |
sparkling |
strolling |
whirling |
yore |
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