| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When the family wakes up that next morning, they find no snow! School is happening, and all their dreams of a winter wonderland are gone. But as the family piles into the car to head to school, an unexpected twist reveals who wanted the snow day most of all. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 247 |
2.1 |
510 |
Amazon
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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 |
22 |
Total # of Words |
400 |
# of Different Words |
206 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
209 |
52.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
67 |
32.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
1.4 |
Low Freq occurs |
8 |
2% |
# of Low freq words |
7 |
3.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
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| Features |
| First Person |
| Present Tense |
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| Topics |
| *Weather |
| Preparation |
| Snow |
| School |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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bazillion |
comb |
curtain |
gotta |
sledding |
weatherman |
where’d |
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