| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Sun bears and polar bears are both types of bears, but they are very different! Sun bears live in the warm rain forest and climb trees. Polar bears live in the chilly Arctic and swim. Discover the many reasons why these bears are hot and cold!
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Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 474 |
2.6 |
630 |
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 |
954 |
# of Different Words |
311 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
557 |
58.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
115 |
37% |
| % of Long Sentences |
2.6 |
Low Freq occurs |
36 |
3.8% |
# of Low freq words |
24 |
7.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Captions |
| Inserts/Side bars |
| Maps/Key |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
| Diagrams |
| Table of Contents |
| Glossary |
| Index |
| Headings |
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| Topics |
| Nature |
| *Animals |
| Habitat |
| Comparisons |
| Bears |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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average |
carnivore |
carnivores |
habitat |
habitats |
hibernate |
leopards |
napping |
newborn |
nocturnal |
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omnivore |
omnivorous |
ounces |
predators |
pythons |
rainforest |
seawater |
slurp |
southeast |
sow |
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survive |
tropical |
unique |
walruses |
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