| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When a train races by on a track, how many different cars are there? And in how many colors? A red caboose, an orange tanker car, and a green cattle car are just some of the cars that make up the freight train! |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 83 |
1.2 |
120 |
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 |
36 |
Total # of Words |
49 |
# of Different Words |
39 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
8 |
16.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
6 |
15.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
14.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
4 |
8.2% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
10.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Moderate support |
| Several repetitions of phrases or refrains |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Features |
| Unconventional punctuation |
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| Topics |
| Trains |
| *Transportation |
| Travel/Traveling |
| Colors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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caboose |
freight |
gondola |
trestles |
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