| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Lively illustrations and nonsense rhymes capture scenes of boisterous merriment as silly cows run off to fiddle, dance, play tag, and have all sorts of fun as soon as the farmer turns his back. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 244 |
2.1 |
500 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
19 |
Total # of Words |
284 |
# of Different Words |
123 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
7 |
Hi Freq occurs |
135 |
47.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
39 |
31.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
12 |
4.2% |
# of Low freq words |
9 |
7.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Some phrases/refrains repeated |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Fantasy |
| *Animals |
| Farms |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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bouquet |
cowlike |
giggling |
horseplay |
obey |
ought |
sleigh |
somersault |
whisper |
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