Title - Migrating Geese
Author: Angel, Veronica
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Reading A-Z: In Migrating Geese, readers will learn about how and why geese migrate in the fall and the spring and how they help each other on their long journey. Inform Informational
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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231 2.0 490 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 18 Total # of Words 402 # of Different Words 142
Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 201 50% # of Hi freq words 43 30.3%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 20 5% # of Low freq words 11 7.7%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Additional activities
Features
Topics
*Animals
Migration
Birds
Low Frequency Words
distances formation formations goslings hatched injured migrate migrates migrating plentiful
temperatures