| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| This contemporary classic is no ordinary alphabet book. Why is Q for Duck?
Because a duck quacks, of course. Even the youngest readers will delight in the riddle-like text and lively, humorous illustrations, in this book described as an "Alphabet Guessing Game". |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 205 |
2.0 |
460 |
Amazon
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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 |
11 |
Total # of Words |
242 |
# of Different Words |
90 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
81 |
33.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
9 |
10% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
2.5% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
4.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| One line text |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Simple language |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Sound/Sounds |
| Zoos |
| Alphabet |
| Questions |
| *Animals |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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chameleon |
extinct |
prairie |
yowls |
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