Title - One Snowy Day
Author: Scherer, Jeffrey
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Bear, Mouse, Blue Jay, Squirrel, Rabbit and Skunk are all pitching in to make a new winter friend -- a snowman. A story about working together. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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122 1.4 160
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 10 Total # of Words 117 # of Different Words 62
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 37 31.6% # of Hi freq words 10 16.1%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 2.6% # of Low freq words 2 3.2%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
*Weather
Snowmen
Snow
Animals: Forest
Low Frequency Words
borrowed scarf