Title - Footprints in the Sand Author: Benjamin, Cynthia Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Pictures and simple text depict desert animals and the tracks they leave in the sand as they rush to their homes. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 32 0.6 70 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 4 Total # of Words 42 # of Different Words 16 Ave Word/.Sent 3 Hi Freq occurs 0 0% # of Hi freq words 0 0% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Moderate support Opening and closing text varies 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics *Animals Animals: Desert Habitat Low Frequency Words