Text Leveling System

My Five Senses

RDQ:	147	Max Word/Sent	39	Total Words	310		Diff Words	106
Lex	190	Ave Word/.Sent	8	Hi Freq occurs	182	58.7%	Hi freq	37	34.9%
AR	1.6	Long Sentences	5.4	Low Freq occurs	0	0%	Low freq	0	0%

I can see! I see with my eyes.]]
I can hear! I hear with my ears.]]
I can smell! I smell with my nose.]]
I can taste! I taste with my tongue.]]
I can touch! I touch with my fingers.]]
I do all this with my senses.
I have five senses.
When I see the sun or a frog]]
or my baby sister 
I use my sense of sight. I am seeing.]]
When I hear a drum or a fire engine
or a bird
I use my sense of hearing.
I am hearing.]]
When I smell soap or a pine tree
or cookies just out of the oven
I use my sense of smell.
I am smelling.]]
When I drink my milk
and eat my food
I use my sense of taste.
I am tasting.]]
When I touch a kitten or a balloon or water
I use my sense of touch.
I am touching.]]
Sometimes I use all my senses at once.
Sometimes I use only one.
I often play a game with myself.
I guess how many senses I am using at the time.
When I look at the moon and the stars
I use one sense.
I am seeing.]]
When I laugh and play with my puppy
I use four senses.
I see hear smell and touch.]]
When I bounce a ball I use three senses.
I see hear touch.]]
Sometimes I use more of one sense
and less of another.
But each sense is very important to me
because it makes me aware.
To be aware is to see all there is to see...]]
hear all there is to hear...]]
smell all there is to smell...]]
taste all there is to taste...]]
touch all there is to touch.]]
Wherever I go whatever I do
every minute of the day
my senses are working.
They make me aware.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Features

Topic

Senses

Smells

Eyes

*Human Body & Health

Low Frequency Words