Title - Today is Monday
Author: Carle, Eric
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
String beans, spaghetti, ZOOOOP, roast beef, fresh fish, chicken and ice cream are the delicious fare during the week in this popular children's song. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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99 1.3 140
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 83 Total # of Words 83 # of Different Words 29
Ave Word/.Sent 83 Hi Freq occurs 6 7.2% # of Hi freq words 6 20.7%
% of Long Sentences 100 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Opening and closing text varies
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Unconventional punctuation
Topics
Days of the week
Food
Low Frequency Words