Title - The Grumpy Morning
Author: Edwards, Pamela Duncan
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A cow's moo sets off a chain reaction in which the other animals on the farm speak out in their own way to let the farmer know she is late to feed them. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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188 1.9 360 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 16 Total # of Words 227 # of Different Words 115
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 110 48.5% # of Hi freq words 34 29.6%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 2.2% # of Low freq words 4 3.5%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Simple
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
First Person
Topics
Time
Love
*Animals
Food
Animals: Farm
*Feelings, Behaviors
Low Frequency Words
milked mooed neigh pellets