| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Follow one little foal as he grows into a magnificent horse! From learning to stand on wobbly legs to napping in the sunshine and trotting around the field with his mother, he changes as the seasons pass. By springtime he has grown big and strong. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 277 |
2.1 |
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 |
34 |
Total # of Words |
292 |
# of Different Words |
157 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
15 |
Hi Freq occurs |
154 |
52.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
41 |
26.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
36.8 |
Low Freq occurs |
13 |
4.5% |
# of Low freq words |
12 |
7.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| *Animals |
| Animals: Babies |
| Horses |
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dozes |
droop |
height |
hooves |
paddock |
silken |
sleek |
spindly |
stubby |
thudding |
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velvety |
yearling |
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