| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Readers will read about the different plants and animals that live in and around a pond. They will learn about this specialized ecosystem and how insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals move, eat, raise their young, and build homes. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 221 |
2.0 |
480 |
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 |
19 |
Total # of Words |
346 |
# of Different Words |
161 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
189 |
54.6% |
# of Hi freq words |
52 |
32.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
5 |
1.4% |
# of Low freq words |
5 |
3.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Water |
| *Habitats/Environments |
| Ponds,pools |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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gobbles |
heron |
springtail |
strider |
whirligig |
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