Title - Maria Counts Pumpkins
Author: Higgins, Kitty
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Reading A-Z: Pumpkins accumulate, one at a time, on Maria's front stoop as visitors each bring Maria a pumpkin. Simple sentences that include number words support emergent readers. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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10 0.1 30 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 5 Total # of Words 33 # of Different Words 13
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 1 3% # of Hi freq words 1 7.7%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: High support
Opening or Closing text varies
1 pattern excl open/close
0 - 1 word changes in a pattern
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
*Plants
Counting
Food
*Math
Low Frequency Words