Title - We Make a Snowman
Author: Ryan, Cheryl
Publisher: Reading A-Z

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Readers will read about three children who go outside together on a snowy day. The friends play in the snow and make a snowman. At the end of the book they go inside the house and eat soup. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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45 0.9 80
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 12 Total # of Words 54 # of Different Words 27
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 27 50% # of Hi freq words 11 40.7%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Moderate support
Some phrases/refrains repeated
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Features
Topics
*Weather
Snowmen
Snow
*Family & Friends
Low Frequency Words