Title - Three Little Dinosaurs Author: Fuge, Charles Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Scratch, Spike, and Lofty--a friendly trio of dinosaurs--dream only about flying. So one day they climb a volcano, hoping that if they jump off the edge and flap, they just might really take flight. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 264 2.1 520 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 22 Total # of Words 386 # of Different Words 195 Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 208 53.9% # of Hi freq words 75 38.5% % of Long Sentences 3.2 Low Freq occurs 18 4.7% # of Low freq words 10 5.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Difficult names Topics Flight/Flying Dinosaurs Low Frequency Words brachiosaurus dactyl excitedly kindness lofty munched pinecone pinecones scrambling winged