Title - Dr Seuss's ABC Author: Seuss, Dr. Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Letters come alive on the page as Dr. Seuss fills the alphabet with his classic colorful characters—from Aunt Annie’s alligator to the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz. Entertain RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 435 2.5 620 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 22 Total # of Words 361 # of Different Words 213 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 152 42.1% # of Hi freq words 40 18.8% % of Long Sentences 1.8 Low Freq occurs 34 9.4% # of Low freq words 33 15.5% Subjective Criteria Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Words presented in isolation Topics Alphabet *Language Arts Low Frequency Words feff feffer fiffer googoo icabod itchy kerchoo knox moonlight neckties nightshirt nixie oiled ostrich pepper's plainly quacker quincy rosy rosy's tuttle underwear vera violin warren waterloo wiggin yak yawning yolanda yorgenson zazzer zizzer