| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| In this picture book for preschool-age kids, a hungry snake counts ten little mice into a jar as he anticipates his dinner. But the mice outwit the snake as they count down from ten until they've all gotten away. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 174 |
1.8 |
250 |
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 |
19 |
Total # of Words |
273 |
# of Different Words |
116 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
143 |
52.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
48 |
41.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
2 |
0.7% |
# of Low freq words |
2 |
1.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Snakes |
| Counting |
| Mice |
| Food Chain |
| Food |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Numbers |
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