Text Leveling System

Will I Have A Friend?

RDQ:	207	Max Word/Sent	21	Total Words	491		Diff Words	205
Lex	470	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	301	61.3%	Hi freq	85	41.5%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	1.2	Low Freq occurs	1	0.2%	Low freq	1	0.5%

When Pa was taking Jim to school for the first time 
Jim said "Will I have a friend at school?" 
"I think you will" said Pa. And Pa smiled down at him. 
In the big schoolroom Pa said "Good-by." Jim didn't say anything. He didn't want to say good-by. 
"Come Jim" the teacher said. All the boys were making noise. All the girls were laughing. Where was his friend? 
The teacher said "Here is Bill. He is a rocket man." 
Bill said" rrrrr" and he rocketed off. 
Anna-Maria walked by. She was pulling a wagon filled with blocks. Jim looked at them. Anna-Maria skipped away. 
Jim went over to a big table. There were lumps and humps of gray clay on it. The children were pulling and pinching poking and patting the clay. They were making snakes hills holes and a banana. 
Jim reached out and touched the clay. It was cool and wet. When he picked it up it was heavy. Jim made a man. But he did not know any friend to show him to. 
Now it was orange juice and cooky time. George said " I want to pass the cookies!" 
"Look!" shouted Bill. "I bit the moon!" 
"So did I" said Anna-Maria. 
Jim thought of something to say. He said it to Joseph. But Joseph's mouth was full of cookies. He didn't answer. 
The pitcher was empty. Juice time was over. Sara was telling Margaret a secret. Jim looked at them. Where was his friend? 
Danny was shouting "Let's do funny tummies!" Danny poked out his tummy and bumped Willy's. Willy bumped Sammy's. When they bumped they laughed and yelled "Hello Mr. Funny Tummy!" And Jim laughed too. 
The teacher called "Come to story time!" All the children came running. Jim sat next to Paul. The teacher read them a book about a monkey. Danny jumped up. "I'm a monkey!" he said. He put his tongue in his lip and stuck his fingers in his ears. Jim thought he looked just like a monkey. The teacher said "It's time for monkeys to rest." They lay down on their mats. It was hard for them to lie still. Jim looked at the ceiling. He scratched his foot. Then he rolled over. Then he rolled back. Someone was looking at him. It was Paul. He had something in his hand. When rest time was over everyone got up. "Look what I have" said Paul. He showed Jim a tiny truck. Jim reached out and Paul put it in his hand. "The doors really work" said Paul. "I have a gas pump" said Jim. "I'll bring it tomorrow." Anna-Maria called "Jim and Paul! Don't you want to play!" 
"OK Jim?" asked Paul. "OK!" said Jim. After school skipping home Jim said to Pa "Do you know what? I have a friend at school." 
"I thought you would" said Pa. And Pa smiled down at him.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Topic

Inclusion

Friendship

*Schools & Education

School

Low Frequency Words

schoolroom