Title - Seed Song
Author: Saksie, Judy
Publisher: Creative Teaching Press

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A poem about planting seeds. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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60 1.0 100
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 21 Total # of Words 48 # of Different Words 28
Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 9 18.8% # of Hi freq words 6 21.4%
% of Long Sentences 20 Low Freq occurs 2 4.2% # of Low freq words 2 7.1%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
One line text
Several repetitions of phrases or refrains
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Seeds
Sun
*Plants
Gardens/Gardening
Low Frequency Words
petunia raindrops