Title - It's a Perfect Day
Author: Pizer, Abigail
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Dawn is breaking over the farm. The animals wake up and the birds begin to sing. The cock crows, and as the day goes on, we are introduced to different animals found on the farm and the sounds they make, as these and many other farm animals enjoy a perfect day in the country. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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161 1.7 200 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 20 Total # of Words 391 # of Different Words 65
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 124 31.7% # of Hi freq words 10 15.4%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 1% # of Low freq words 3 4.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
Onomatopoeia
Topics
Attitudes
Summer
*Animals
Farms
Low Frequency Words
neigh pollen wallow