Title - Groundhog Weather School Author: Holub, Joan Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ever wonder where Groundhog Day first began? Want to know the reason why we have different weather seasons? Curious about how some plants and animals can help predict the weather? Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1136 3.8 770 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 57 Total # of Words 2176 # of Different Words 763 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1415 65% # of Hi freq words 291 38.1% % of Long Sentences 3.8 Low Freq occurs 167 7.7% # of Low freq words 127 16.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Speech Bubbles Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inserts/Side bars Headings Features Topics Shadows *Weather Seasons Calendars *Holidays, Events, Cele Low Frequency Words advice albino allegiance announces appalachian awaiting backsides barometer beauregard bentley bouligny buckeye burrow cajun cirrus classifying college comfy cumulus divides divine dude eclipse equator equinox evangelista eventually excellent ff forecaster foreign furry general graduate graduation groundhogs halves hanukkah headquarters heartbeats hemisphere hemispheres herbivore hibernate hibernates hibernating hibernation hibernator hogging honeybees honorary hoping hotline imaginary indicated individual invisible inward january judge lilburn louisiana mammal marmots marshland measure measures moisture multiple nicknamed northeast northeastern nuh nutria observations official outward pakistan pennsylvania pinecone's pledge prairie predator predators prediction predictions president pressure punxsutawney raleigh rd reagan reasons relatives research result results righty rodent sciences sdado season seasons shadeaux sledding solar solstice sprint starred statues storeroom stratus swamps temperatures thermometer tilted tornado torricelli underside upward vermont warmth warn wiarton woodchuck yahoo yourselves