Title - We Pack a Picnic Author: Sweeney,Alyse Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Readers will see the food two friends pack for their picnic. Children have the Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 20 0.3 50 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 4 Total # of Words 25 # of Different Words 11 Ave Word/.Sent 3 Hi Freq occurs 1 4% # of Hi freq words 1 9.1% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 0 0% # of Low freq words 0 0% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: High support 1 pattern excl open/close 2-3 Word changes in a pattern Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Simple language Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Features Present Tense Topics Mice *Home Arts & Food Picnics Low Frequency Words