Text Leveling System

Curious George and the Dinosaur

RDQ:	233	Max Word/Sent	17	Total Words	414		Diff Words	190
Lex	490	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	248	59.9%	Hi freq	81	42.6%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	5	1.2%	Low freq	5	2.6%

Jimmy's class was taking a field trip to the museum 
and George was going along. "We're glad to have you George" said Mr. Chauncy the teacher "but don't get into trouble." At the museum Mr. Chauncy began to explain one of the displays. "These rocks are millions of years old..." The students weren't listening. "This is boring" said a student. "It sure is" said another. "When is lunch time?" asked a third. George wandered off. He didn't find the rocks very interesting either. But in the next room George saw something very interesting. It was a huge skeleton. What a long tail! It was too much for George to resist. He stepped over the rope and jumped onto the skeleton. He climbed down...then he climbed up. He climbed up and up until he reached the skeleton's head! Just then Mr. Chauncy and the class came into the room. "Look at that dinosaur" said Jimmy. "And look at George!" he shouted. "Ride'em George" cried a girl. The guards heard the noise. "Get down from there" ordered one of them. "I am going to get the director" said the other. George was scared. "Is that how they rode dinosaurs in the old days?" a girl asked Mr. Chauncy. "Well no..." he said. "Tell us more about the dinosaurs" someone said. George was curious. What was a dinosaur? "Well" said Mr. Chauncy "the earth was once full of huge creatures like this." Suddenly the director of the museum came charging in. "What's this about a monkey on our dinosaur?" he asked. "Guards! Get that monkey down before he causes any damage" he ordered. Poor George. There he was on top of a dinosaur...and no place to hide! "Just a moment" said Mr. Chauncy. "George was a great help to me. He got the children interested in the dinosaurs." "We wouldn't have listened" said a boy. "It's so interesting" said another. "I want to come back again" said a girl. "Well" said the director" I can see that our dinosaur isn't damaged. We'll forgive him this time." "You can come down George" he called. "Hooray!" the students shouted. Mr. Chauncy said "I have to thank you for making this visit an interesting one George. But next time promise not to ride the dinosaur." When the bus stopped in front of George's house the man in the yellow hat was waiting. "I'm glad to see you George" he said. "I hope you kept out of trouble today."]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Multiple speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Character traits

Topic

Monkeys

Field Trips

Dinosaurs

Museums

*Entertainment & Fun

Low Frequency Words

charging

curious

resist

ride'em

wandered