Text Leveling System

Just a Mess

RDQ:	141	Max Word/Sent	15	Total Words	206		Diff Words	104
Lex	180	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	126	61.2%	Hi freq	42	40.4%
AR	1.6	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	3	1.5%	Low freq	3	2.9%

Today I couldn't find my baseball mitt. 
I looked in my tree house. 
I looked under the back steps. 
I asked Mom if she had seen it. 
She said I should try my room. 
I never thought to look there. 
What a mess!  
Mom said it was time to clean my room. 
So I asked her to help. 
She said"You made the mess so you can clean up the mess." 
Dad was working in the yard. 
He said he was too busy to help me. 
My little sister said "No way!" 
And the baby didn't understand.
 I just did it myself.
 First I put a few things in the closet. 
I put my clothes in the drawers. 
I straightened up my games. 
I shut the lid to my toy box and put away my books. 
The rest of the mess could fit under my bed so I put it there. 
Then I made the bed. 
Won't Mom be pleased. 
I thought I might wash the floor. 
But Mom said"No!" 
So I just vacuumed instead. 
Everything was just about perfect. 
Then I noticed that my pillow was missing. 
I looked on the other side of my bed and guess what I found? 
My baseball mitt.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Simple

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Features

First Person

Topic

Toys

Work

Searching/Hunting

Cleaning

Habitat

*Feelings, Behaviors

Places

Pretend

Responsibility

Low Frequency Words

drawers

straightened

vacuumed