Title - Moti the Mitzvah Mouse
Author: Newman, Vivian
Publisher: Kar-Ben

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Moti, the busy little mitzvah mouse, works all night, secretly doing good deeds for his human family and his animal friends. Who will do a mitzvah for Moti? Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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207 2.0 470 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 23 Total # of Words 307 # of Different Words 154
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 138 45% # of Hi freq words 50 32.5%
% of Long Sentences 2.7 Low Freq occurs 27 8.8% # of Low freq words 13 8.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Kindness
Behaviors
Helping
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
future jingly mitzvah moti peace pepper's placemats polka respecting scurries
shabbat shalom tzedakah