| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Five episodes explore the friendship between hippos George and Martha: "The Fibber," "The Experiment," "The Picnic," "The Scary Movie!" and "The Secret Club." |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 287 |
2.2 |
530 |
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 |
15 |
Total # of Words |
576 |
# of Different Words |
236 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
310 |
53.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
92 |
39% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
12 |
2.1% |
# of Low freq words |
11 |
4.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Fears |
| Study/Study Skills |
| *Family & Friends |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Picnics |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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fibs |
furious |
impress |
jumper |
laboratory |
saxophone |
scaredy |
science |
shower |
sweetheart |
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uncomfortable |
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