Title - Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox
Author: Maccarone, Grace
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Bouncy rhymes makes this lively story about coping with chicken pox one that children will love to read long after their itches are gone. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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134 1.5 170 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 13 Total # of Words 131 # of Different Words 85
Ave Word/.Sent 3 Hi Freq occurs 50 38.2% # of Hi freq words 22 25.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 9 6.9% # of Low freq words 5 5.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Rhyming
Topics
Feelings/Emotions
Appearances
Health
Low Frequency Words
itching's itchy lotion oatmeal twitchy