| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| One of the Little Critter picture book titles, this story shows our preschool hero resisting his father's efforts to get him ready for bed. By the end of the book Little Critter's understanding father has finally succeeded in moving his energetic, imaginative son through bathtime and pajamatime into sleeptime. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 184 |
1.8 |
330 |
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 |
22 |
Total # of Words |
228 |
# of Different Words |
107 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
105 |
46.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
33 |
30.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
4 |
Low Freq occurs |
8 |
3.5% |
# of Low freq words |
6 |
5.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Several repetitions of phrases or refrains |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Time |
| Toys |
| Fathers |
| Family |
| Games |
| Pretend |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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cadet |
engineer |
general |
lasso |
zookeeper |
zookeeper's |
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