Title - The Three Friends and the Pumpkins
Author: dePaola, Tomie
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Three friends select a pumpkin for Halloween. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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85 1.2 120
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 16 Total # of Words 62 # of Different Words 39
Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 23 37.1% # of Hi freq words 9 23.1%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 1 1.6% # of Low freq words 1 2.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
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Topics
Changes
*Plants
Seasons
Halloween
Low Frequency Words
lanterns