Title - Hats, Hats, Hats
Author: Morris, Ann
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A hat can say a lot about where you come from, what you do, and who you are. You see, there's a lot more under a hat than just a head! With dazzling full-color photographs and an index, featuring hats from around the world! Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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38 0.7 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 30 Total # of Words 33 # of Different Words 24
Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 5 15.2% # of Hi freq words 4 16.7%
% of Long Sentences 33.3 Low Freq occurs 1 3% # of Low freq words 1 4.2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Only 1-4 words per page
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Unconventional punctuation
Topics
Actions
Clothes
Appearances
Occupations
Low Frequency Words
scarves