Title - Duck on a Bike
Author: Shannon, David
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea. "I bet I could ride a bike," he thought. He waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on, and began to ride. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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175 1.8 260 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 35 Total # of Words 399 # of Different Words 153
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 205 51.4% # of Hi freq words 63 41.2%
% of Long Sentences 2.9 Low Freq occurs 5 1.3% # of Low freq words 5 3.3%
Subjective Criteria
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
Actions
Bicycles
*Animals
Animals: Farm
Low Frequency Words
neigh pedaled silliest waddled wobbled