Title - Maria Goes to School Author: Hartley, Susan Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Reading A-Z: In Maria Goes to School, readers follow Maria as she gathers what she needs to prepare for a school day. Simple sentences support emergent readers. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 11 0.2 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 4 Total # of Words 40 # of Different Words 13 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 20 50% # of Hi freq words 2 15.4% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 2.5% # of Low freq words 1 7.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: High support Only 1-4 words per page 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics Preparation *Schools & Education School Low Frequency Words sweater