| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Sammy chases a chipmunk while Mom is mopping the floor, and gets into quite a bit of mischief and mud. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 186 |
1.9 |
340 |
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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 |
17 |
Total # of Words |
254 |
# of Different Words |
114 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
96 |
37.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
40 |
35.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
3 |
1.2% |
# of Low freq words |
3 |
2.6% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Dogs |
| Chasing/Catching |
| *Animals |
| Messiness |
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