Text Leveling System

One Hundred Hungry Ants

RDQ:	245	Max Word/Sent	22	Total Words	471		Diff Words	127
Lex	500	Ave Word/.Sent	8	Hi Freq occurs	231	49%	Hi freq	42	33.1%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	3.5	Low Freq occurs	11	2.3%	Low freq	7	5.5%

A whole hill of hungry ants their faces all aglow 
came swarming from the forest to cross the field below. 
A soft breeze fanned the sunshine and whisked them on their way. 
It hinted  of yummies for their empty tummies - that means a picnic! Hooray! 
One hundred ants were singing and marching in a row. 
"We're going to a picnic! A hey and hi dee ho!" 
"Stop" said the littlest ant. "We're moving way too slow. 
Some food will be long gone unless we hurry up. So ...
with 2 lines of 50 we'd get there soon I know." All of the ants raced here and there up down and to and fro. "There'll be lots of yummies for our hungry tummies A hey and a hi dee ho!" One hundred ants were singing and marching in 2 rows. "We're going to a picnic! A hey and hi dee ho!" "Stop!" yelled the littlest ant. "We're moving way too slow! More of the food will be gone unless we hurry up. So... with 4 lines of 25 we'd get there soon I know." All the ants raced here and there up down and to and fro. "We hope there's yummies for our rumbling tummies A hey and a hi dee ho!" One hundred hungry ants were singing and marching in 4 rows. "We're going to a picnic! A hey and a hi dee ho!"   "Stop!' screamed the littlest ant. "We're moving way to slow! Lots of food will long be gone unless we hurry up. So...with 5 lines of 20 we'd get there soon I know." All the ants raced here and there up down and to and fro. "There might be a yummy for a gurgling tummy A hey and a hi dee ho!" One hundred ants were singing and marching in 5 rows. "We're going to a picnic! A hey and a hi dee ho!" "Stop!" shrieked the littlest ant. "We're moving way too slow! All the food will long be gone unless we hurry up. So... with 10 lines of 10 we'd get there soon I know." All the ants raced here and there up down and too and fro. "There better be yummies for our grumbling tummies A hey and a hi dee ho!" A hundred ants were singing and marching in 10 rows. "At last we're at the picnic! A hey and a hi dee ho!" "Stop!" yipped the littlest ant. "We've traveled way too slow! There's no food for us to eat you took so long with rows." All the ants raced here and there up down and to and fro. "There aren't any yummies for our growling tummies? A hey and a hi dee ho! Oh! No!" Ninety-nine ants were swarming from each and every row in hot pursuit of one little ant who quickly turned to go. "It's not all my fault you know!"]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Rhyming

Topic

Innovation

Counting

Insects

*Math

Numbers

Low Frequency Words

aglow	fault	grumbling	gurgling	pursuit
whisked	yummies