Title - There's a Square
Author: Serfozo, Mary
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
This is a fun text which helps children discover the many shapes around us. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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179 1.8 290
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 26 Total # of Words 209 # of Different Words 107
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 113 54.1% # of Hi freq words 44 41.1%
% of Long Sentences 3.6 Low Freq occurs 16 7.7% # of Low freq words 7 6.5%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Features
Topics
Shapes
Observation
*Arts & Crafts
*Math
Low Frequency Words
diamond diamonds oval plaid rectangle triangle triangles