| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Little Critter and his grandmother spend the day at the beach. Little Critter is a good helper, even at the beach. When his grandmother's hot dog falls in the sand, he washes it off in the ocean. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 142 |
1.6 |
180 |
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 |
186 |
# of Different Words |
100 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
112 |
60.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
42 |
42% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
3 |
1.6% |
# of Low freq words |
3 |
3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Topics |
| Sun |
| Ocean |
| Grandparents |
| Beach |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Relationships |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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sandcastle |
sandcastles |
snorkel |
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