| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| It's my birthday and I'm going to make a cake, a little boy tells his friends. Will they all help? Yes. The chicken gets some eggs; the bear gets some flour; the cat gets butter and milk; and, the pig gets a pinch of salt... And they'll all help to eat the cake too. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 137 |
1.5 |
180 |
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 |
24 |
Total # of Words |
253 |
# of Different Words |
49 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
101 |
39.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
14 |
28.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3 |
Low Freq occurs |
0 |
0% |
# of Low freq words |
0 |
0% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Repeated patterns in cumulative form |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Preparation |
| Recipes |
| Birthdays |
| Cooking |
| *Animals |
| Food |
| Parties |
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