Title - Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors Author: Dadey, Debbie - Marcia Thornton Jones Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A new janitor has come in to replace the regular custodian who has just quit after finding the school banister covered in peanut butter. A mysterious, bearded, pipe-smoking gent by the name of Mr. Jolly steps in to take over. Mr. Jolly bears a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 903 3.5 720 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 28 Total # of Words 2773 # of Different Words 778 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 1906 68.7% # of Hi freq words 331 42.5% % of Long Sentences 2.3 Low Freq occurs 103 3.7% # of Low freq words 75 9.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Inferences: Some implications Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Table of Contents Chapters Headings Features Integral Setting Topics Tricks Messiness *Feelings, Behaviors *Holidays, Events, Cele *Schools & Education Christmas Low Frequency Words announced brooch cafeteria cruel curling degrees drawers eavesdropping ewing ewing's fatigue glare glimmer gonna grandfathers halloween handkerchief hysterical instant interrupted introduce janitor janitor's janitors jeepers jingling jolly's jotted lunatic manage moron mustache obvious ought peculiar practically prove railing refused repay replacement reputation romania settling shaving shenanigans shrugged silenced sissies situation slacks slurping slush smacked smugly spied sputtering straighten substitute sudsy sweat sweater sweaters temperatures thermostat thoughtfully thoughtless threatened tiniest trickled unfortunately urchins weird wrinkle yourselves