| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| What is packed each day for school lunch? A sandwich, fruit, milk, sometimes chicken, but what about the candy bars that Dad bought the Sunday before? |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 109 |
1.3 |
150 |
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 |
15 |
Total # of Words |
156 |
# of Different Words |
63 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
65 |
41.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
14 |
22.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
0.6% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
1.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Moderate support |
| Some phrases/refrains repeated |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Topics |
| Days of the week |
| Candy |
| Eating |
| *Home Arts & Food |
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