| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| The maestro of this story, Bill Martin, Jr., amuses wryly, informs on the slyly, and encourages children to discover how masterfully they can play with words. Children will enjoy this colorful tribute to the sounds of the orchestra and its instruments. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 380 |
2.4 |
600 |
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 |
14 |
Total # of Words |
107 |
# of Different Words |
61 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
4 |
Hi Freq occurs |
30 |
28% |
# of Hi freq words |
5 |
8.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
36 |
33.6% |
# of Low freq words |
32 |
52.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Unconventional format |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Rhyming |
| Words presented in isolation |
| Unusual use of vocabulary |
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| Topics |
| Words |
| *Music |
| Performing |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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beseechingly |
bravo |
busily |
cheepingly |
clippingly |
concert |
dizzily |
drippingly |
flingingly |
flowingly |
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furiously |
glowingly |
goingly |
knowingly |
leapingly |
maestro |
mildly |
nippingly |
pippingly |
playingly |
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reachingly |
ringingly |
rippingly |
showingly |
singingly |
skippingly |
sweepingly |
swingingly |
tingingly |
trippingly |
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wingingly |
zippingly |
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