Title - Hibernation Author: Freed, Kira Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will read about animals that hibernate and how they stay alive during the winter months, and the reasons they hibernate in the first place. Amazing pictures bring the text to life and draw young readers into the book. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 174 1.8 250 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 14 Total # of Words 181 # of Different Words 102 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 72 39.8% # of Hi freq words 34 33.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 11 6.1% # of Low freq words 5 4.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Additional activities Features Topics Nature *Animals Low Frequency Words hibernate hibernates hibernating scarce waking