Title - Recess Mess
Author: Maccarone, Grace
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
In this story, first-grade boys and girls go out to play at recess, and Sam, who needs to go to the boys' room, cannot read or spell, worries that he will not know which door to enter. Entertain Poetry
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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148 1.6 190
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 20 Total # of Words 169 # of Different Words 99
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 53 31.4% # of Hi freq words 29 29.3%
% of Long Sentences 2.6 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
Rhyming
Topics
Learning
Spelling
Friendship
Recess
*Schools & Education
Reading
School
Low Frequency Words