Title - I Was Walking Down the Road
Author: Barchas, Sarah E
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
The spirited little girl in this story has a knack for collecting pets, including a kitten, a spider, a frog, a snake, and more! Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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115 1.4 150 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 7 Total # of Words 299 # of Different Words 65
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 186 62.2% # of Hi freq words 15 23.1%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 1% # of Low freq words 3 4.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Rhyming
Topics
Snakes
Butterflies
Spiders
Cats
Mice
Frogs
*Animals
Snails
Bugs
Pets
Low Frequency Words
cider sparrow wheelbarrow