| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This is the story of the first six months in the life of a baby bottle-nosed dolphin. You will see what dolphins eat, and how they protect themselves from sharks, killer whales, and other enemies. Learn about these intelligent mammals who live under the waves. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 245 |
2.1 |
500 |
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 |
18 |
Total # of Words |
1084 |
# of Different Words |
292 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
655 |
60.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
108 |
37% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
22 |
2% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
2.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Whales |
| Pregnancy |
| Fish |
| Swimming |
| Babies |
| Dolphins |
| Sharks |
| *Animals |
| Animals: Ocean |
| Habitat |
| Helping |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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calves |
churp |
flukes |
mackerel |
swallows |
tweet |
whirr |
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