Title - Little Critter at Scout Camp
Author: Mayer, Mercer
Publisher: Golden Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Little Critter spends a day at scout camp where he and his friends learn how to do many new things. The tale teaches little ones that it's okay to be scared or tired, or okay not to be. Entertain Realistic Fiction
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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205 2.0 460 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 17 Total # of Words 360 # of Different Words 193
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 221 61.4% # of Hi freq words 74 38.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 9 2.5% # of Low freq words 8 4.1%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social
Features
First Person
Topics
Camp/Camping
*Entertainment & Fun
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
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