| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Little Critter trying very hard to be a good helper. Unfortunately, something always seems to get in his way. When he tries to dry dishes for his mother, the dishes grow slippery. When he makes an effort not to splash water out of the tub, a storm comes up. |
Entertain |
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RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 115 |
1.4 |
150 |
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 |
17 |
Total # of Words |
160 |
# of Different Words |
66 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
13 |
Hi Freq occurs |
88 |
55% |
# of Hi freq words |
18 |
27.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
2 |
1.3% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Moderate support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| First Person |
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| Topics |
| Actions |
| Helping |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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