| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing.
One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax.
As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki in the boarders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 431 |
2.5 |
620 |
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 |
38 |
Total # of Words |
528 |
# of Different Words |
234 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
12 |
Hi Freq occurs |
317 |
60% |
# of Hi freq words |
91 |
38.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
14.6 |
Low Freq occurs |
26 |
4.9% |
# of Low freq words |
23 |
9.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concept: Fanciful |
| Sequence of Events: Chronological |
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| Features |
| Simple problem/solution |
| Simple Plot |
| Retelling of story/fable/legend |
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| Topics |
| Snow |
| *Animals |
| Grandparents |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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bulged |
burrowed |
commotion |
eyed |
glinty |
hedge |
hedgehog |
jostled |
kickers |
knit |
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knitting |
lumbered |
plumped |
prickles |
silhouetted |
snuffling |
spied |
swelled |
talons |
tunneling |
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waft |
warned |
whiskers |
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