| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A sweet tale about Norman the alligator and the tooth fairy he had always heard about. Norman loses his first baby tooth. |
Entertain |
Realistic Fiction |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 342 |
2.3 |
570 |
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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 |
20 |
Total # of Words |
883 |
# of Different Words |
338 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
557 |
63.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
146 |
43.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0.9 |
Low Freq occurs |
20 |
2.3% |
# of Low freq words |
14 |
4.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Teeth |
| Tricking |
| Fairies |
| *Human Body & Health |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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advice |
caramels |
gimmee |
glimpse |
honest |
hoping |
licorice |
mouthful |
necklace |
pliers |
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sparkling |
swallowed |
waggled |
winced |
worksheet |
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