Title - Snowmen at Christmas
Author: Buehner, Caralyn
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Snowmen at Night shared with us the magical, slip-sliding adventures of snowmen after dark . . . but have you ever wondered what snowmen do for Christmas? Well, now’s your chance to find out! The snowmen are back, and this time they’re celebrating Christmas—the snowman way! Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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381 2.4 600 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 22 Total # of Words 388 # of Different Words 224
Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 195 50.3% # of Hi freq words 69 30.8%
% of Long Sentences 10.3 Low Freq occurs 14 3.6% # of Low freq words 14 6.3%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
Rhyming
Topics
Snowmen
Parties
*Holidays, Events, Cele
Christmas
Low Frequency Words
avenues blanketed dainty delights icicles kringle layout pausing reindeer romp
rover sachet wobble yawning