Title - Sleepy Dog
Author: Ziefert, Harriet
Publisher: Random House

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A cuddly dog and his pet cat share goodnight kisses and playful dreams in this well-illustrated bedtime story. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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95 1.3 130
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 7 Total # of Words 125 # of Different Words 56
Ave Word/.Sent 4 Hi Freq occurs 35 28% # of Hi freq words 10 17.9%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 2 1.6% # of Low freq words 2 3.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Captions/Simple
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Time
Dreams
Environment
Dogs
Night
Low Frequency Words
chasing sleepyhead