Title - Music Is in the Air
Author: Morris, Ann
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Large type text under full color photos of people playing and listening to music, from school bands to parades to children in school. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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71 1.1 110 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 46 Total # of Words 46 # of Different Words 25
Ave Word/.Sent 46 Hi Freq occurs 26 56.5% # of Hi freq words 6 24%
% of Long Sentences 200 Low Freq occurs 1 2.2% # of Low freq words 1 4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
One line text
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Parks
*Entertainment & Fun
*Schools & Education
*Music
Musical instruments
Performing
Low Frequency Words
concert