Title - Frog Is Hungry
Author: Boelts, Maribeth
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will learn about a boy who takes his pet frog outside. Frog decides he is hungry. He tries several things before he finds the right kind of frog food. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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81 1.2 120 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 8 Total # of Words 77 # of Different Words 37
Ave Word/.Sent 2 Hi Freq occurs 17 22.1% # of Hi freq words 9 24.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Present Tense
Topics
Frogs
*Animals
Low Frequency Words