Title - Firebears Author: Greene, Rhonda Gowler Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sound the siren, grab the hoses, stretch those ladders. Rescue! With Firebears on the job, no blaze is too big to brave-it's all in a day's work. So put on your fire hat and come for a ride with the fearless rescue crew of Fire Station Number Eight. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 299 2.2 540 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 15 Total # of Words 255 # of Different Words 148 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 81 31.8% # of Hi freq words 27 18.2% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 22 8.6% # of Low freq words 18 12.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Easy Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Present Tense Topics *Careers Firemen Low Frequency Words ablaze billowing fault haze heroes humble poplar rung scaredy siren sirens smoky splutter suits townsfolk urgent wailing wheeling