Title - Zip Pop Hop and other fun words to say Author: Muntean, Michaela Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre ELMO AND HIS friends have lots of fun saying oodles of words with interesting sounds—and which sometimes feel a little funny in the mouth. Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 261 2.1 520 Amazon 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 11 Total # of Words 199 # of Different Words 123 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 50 25.1% # of Hi freq words 28 22.8% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 8 4% # of Low freq words 7 5.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Concept: Fanciful Features Onomatopoeia Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Sound/Sounds Words *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Language Arts Low Frequency Words gurgle hopscotch slimey squiggly swirls wigglescotch windowpane