Title - Ladybugs Author: Berger, Melvin Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Fun facts about ladybugs in a beautifully photographed book. How many spots do they have? What do they eat? And much more! Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 103 1.3 140 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 14 Total # of Words 134 # of Different Words 59 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 34 25.4% # of Hi freq words 16 27.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Moderate support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension 1 pattern excl open/close Patterned but many changes Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Topics *Animals Bugs *Animal Life Low Frequency Words