| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Buttercup, the wise, loving mother cow, knows that baby caves need care, love, confidence, and time to grow big and strong |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 184 |
1.8 |
330 |
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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 |
17 |
Total # of Words |
241 |
# of Different Words |
90 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
104 |
43.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
28 |
31.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
0.4% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
1.1% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Several repetitions of phrases or refrains |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
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| Topics |
| Growth/Growing |
| Babies |
| *Animals |
| Animals: Farm |
| Birth |
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