| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Dressed up and ready to attend a birthday party, Pauline is distraught to find that her hamster has chewed up the invitation, leaving the number 5 as the only clue to where the party is taking place. Can Pauline find the birthday party? |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 405 |
2.5 |
610 |
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 |
20 |
Total # of Words |
1045 |
# of Different Words |
326 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
5 |
Hi Freq occurs |
570 |
54.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
122 |
37.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0.5 |
Low Freq occurs |
25 |
2.4% |
# of Low freq words |
13 |
4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Birthdays |
| Helping |
| Parties |
| *Math |
| Numbers |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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digit |
digits |
invitation |
lemonade |
listens |
neighbor |
numbered |
partner |
sipping |
somethings |
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spotty |
whiz |
wrapping |
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