Title - Shapes Author: Urmston, Kathleen - Karen Evans Publisher: Kaeden Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Learn the shapes. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1 0.1 10 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 4 Total # of Words 24 # of Different Words 10 Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 11 45.8% # of Hi freq words 2 20% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 4 16.7% # of Low freq words 4 40% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Caption/Simple 1 pattern excl open/close 0 - 1 word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Captions/Simple Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Strong word association Topics Shapes *Math Low Frequency Words diamond oval rectangle triangle