Title - Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Christmas
Author: Cowley, Joy
Publisher: Philomel Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
When Mrs. Wishy-Washy asks her farm animals to take a bath for Christmas, they find a way to take one without freezing. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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273 2.1 520 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 29 Total # of Words 580 # of Different Words 245
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 309 53.3% # of Hi freq words 97 39.6%
% of Long Sentences 4.4 Low Freq occurs 18 3.1% # of Low freq words 12 4.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Features
Topics
*Animals
Baths
*Holidays, Events, Cele
Christmas
Low Frequency Words
gulped happiness mooed ought peace slush sploshes squashed squealed squished
washy yourselves