Title - There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow Author: Colandro, Lucille Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The old lady is swallowing everything from snow to a pipe, some coal, a hat, and more! With rollicking, rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version will appeal to young readers with every turn of the page Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 150 1.6 190 Amazon 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 17 Total # of Words 355 # of Different Words 78 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 162 45.6% # of Hi freq words 26 33.3% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 16 4.5% # of Low freq words 7 9% Subjective Criteria Repeated patterns in cumulative form Several repetitions of phrases or refrains Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Topics Snowmen Eating Low Frequency Words brimmed gobbled gulp hiccupped pipe's scarf swallowed