Title - My Dog's the Best Author: Calmenson, Stephanie Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Young dog lovers will appreciate the sentiments expressed by the children in this book. One child thinks her dog is the best because he's small, another likes his dog because he's tall. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 102 1.3 140 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 7 Total # of Words 172 # of Different Words 43 Ave Word/.Sent 3 Hi Freq occurs 68 39.5% # of Hi freq words 11 25.6% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 1.7% # of Low freq words 3 7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Topics Dogs Differences *Animals Comparisons Pets Low Frequency Words pompon shaggy whine