Title - Quack and Count
Author: Baker, Keith
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Slip, slide, leap, and dive with a family of seven lively ducklings as they get ready to fly for the very first time. Keith Baker's playful, rhyming text and bold collage illustrations capture the excitement of a day's adventures--and gently introduce counting. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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93 1.2 130 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 13 Total # of Words 65 # of Different Words 44
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 18 27.7% # of Hi freq words 11 25%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 3 4.6% # of Low freq words 3 6.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Counting
*Math
Numbers
Low Frequency Words
chasing paddling sliding