Title - The Happy Day Author: Krauss, Ruth Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Snow is falling. All the animals are fast asleep in their animal homes. They awake. They open their eyes. They sniff. They run. What will they find? Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 101 1.3 140 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 34 Total # of Words 134 # of Different Words 37 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 58 43.3% # of Hi freq words 10 27% % of Long Sentences 14.3 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support One line text Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Concept: Fanciful Features Unconventional punctuation Topics Feelings/Emotions Flowers Winter Mice Sleep *Animals Habitat Bears Low Frequency Words