Title - The Farm Alphabet Book
Author: Miller, Jane
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Various items found around a farm are used to outline the alphabet, and the items are also given some explanation within the pages of this book. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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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 19 Total # of Words 392 # of Different Words 195
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 163 41.6% # of Hi freq words 41 21%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 18 4.6% # of Low freq words 15 7.7%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
Alphabet
Farms
Animals: Farm
*Language Arts
Low Frequency Words
boar calf's chick's coot's cygnets hatched incubator orchard orchards piglet
sow stallion swan uu yolk