Title - Ira Sleeps Over Author: Waber, Bernard Publisher: SandPiper Houghton Mifflin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ira is thrilled to spend the night at his friend Reggie's, until his sister raises the question of whether he should take his teddy bear for fear of being teased. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 360 2.3 580 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 43 Total # of Words 1199 # of Different Words 305 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 820 68.4% # of Hi freq words 137 44.9% % of Long Sentences 3 Low Freq occurs 12 1% # of Low freq words 11 3.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Simple Plot Topics Toys Growth/Growing Ghosts Sleep Friendship Names Neighbors Night Bears Low Frequency Words dominoes drawer haunted haunting jumbo labels magnifying mustache silliest wrappers wrestling