| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| From tiny spiders the size of a grain of sand to larger spiders that are bigger than a hand, a rhyming introduction to the world of amazing arachnids is complemented by detailed illustrations and a special reference section. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 263 |
2.1 |
520 |
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 |
14 |
Total # of Words |
182 |
# of Different Words |
116 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
55 |
30.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
27 |
23.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
16 |
8.8% |
# of Low freq words |
15 |
12.9% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Spiders |
| *Animals |
| Insects |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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cocoon |
crawling |
piggyback |
pollywogs |
sac |
scurry |
shedding |
snatching |
stalk |
stunts |
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tangles |
thread |
underwater |
wanders |
wasp |
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