| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A good illustration of how to make a graph, as Robert prepares a bar graph of how children get to school each day. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 128 |
1.5 |
170 |
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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 |
19 |
Total # of Words |
160 |
# of Different Words |
57 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
72 |
45% |
# of Hi freq words |
15 |
26.3% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
7 |
4.4% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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estimate |
estimated |
graph |
grid |
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