| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 179 |
1.8 |
290 |
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 |
41 |
Total # of Words |
225 |
# of Different Words |
106 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
114 |
50.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
29 |
27.4% |
| % of Long Sentences |
5.3 |
Low Freq occurs |
4 |
1.8% |
# of Low freq words |
3 |
2.8% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Moderate support |
| Several repetitions of phrases or refrains |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
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| Topics |
| Changes |
| Butterflies |
| Caterpillars |
| Counting |
| Days of the week |
| *Animals |
| Food |
| Insects |
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