Title - The Night Before Kindergarten
Author: Wing, Natasha
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Tomorrow is the first day of kindergarten! But what can the kids expect when they first arrive? Join the children as they prepare for school, packing supplies, posing for pictures, and—the hardest part of all—saying goodbye to Mom and Dad. Entertain Poetry
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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 20 Total # of Words 352 # of Different Words 208
Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 199 56.5% # of Hi freq words 75 36.1%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 14 4% # of Low freq words 12 5.8%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Dialog: Simple
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Parody
Rhyming
Topics
Changes
Behaviors
*Schools & Education
School
Low Frequency Words
daycare galore kindergarten knowing magical midmorning posed sniffly sparkling supplies
twas visions