Title - It Started As a Seed
Author: Kelley, Alden
Publisher: Candlewick Press

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
It started as a seed and what did it become? A peanut plant, an oak tree, an orange tree, and more! Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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78 1.1 120 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 8 Total # of Words 126 # of Different Words 43
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 59 46.8% # of Hi freq words 10 23.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Seeds
Sun
Water
Changes
*Plants
Growth/Growing
Flowers
Soil/Dirt
Food
Gardens/Gardening
Low Frequency Words