Title - The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone
Author: Berenstain, Stan and Jan
Publisher: Random House

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
The Bear Detectives come to the aid of Dr. Bear at the Bear Museum. With less than an hour to spare, the cubs must find the missing dinosaur bone so that everyone can enjoy the dinosaur exhibit. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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296 2.2 540 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 18 Total # of Words 342 # of Different Words 156
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 161 47.1% # of Hi freq words 48 30.8%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 20 5.8% # of Low freq words 15 9.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Simple
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Simple Plot
Rhyming
Topics
Mystery
Dinosaurs
Museums
Detectives
Low Frequency Words
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