| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| The not-so-sleepy bear cub, Alfie, who searches for signs of spring in his winter woodland home, but when spring in all its glory does finally arrive, someone is caught napping. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 264 |
2.1 |
520 |
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 |
23 |
Total # of Words |
440 |
# of Different Words |
167 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
263 |
59.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
65 |
38.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6.1 |
Low Freq occurs |
15 |
3.4% |
# of Low freq words |
14 |
8.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Spring |
| Seasons |
| Bears |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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bleary |
burrowed |
curled |
grunted |
hustled |
icicles |
overslept |
peered |
sleepily |
squealed |
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stumped |
swallows |
trickling |
whistling |
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