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We Are Best Friends

RDQ:	199	Max Word/Sent	13	Total Words	645		Diff Words	215
Lex	440	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	417	64.7%	Hi freq	97	45.1%
AR	1.9	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	5	0.8%	Low freq	2	0.9%

Peter came to tell Robert the new. 
"I am moving away" he said. 
"You can't move away" said Robert. "We are best friends." 
"I am moving far away" said Peter. 
"What will you do without me?" asked Robert. "Who will you play with?" 
"We will live in a new house" said Peter. 
"You will miss my birthday party!" said Robert. 
"I will be going to a new school" said Peter. 
"Who will you fight with?" asked Robert. "Nobody fights like best friends." 
"I will make new friends" said Peter. 
"You can't move away" said Robert. "You will miss me too much." 
But Peter moved away. There was nothing to do without Peter. There was no one to play with. There was no one to share with. There was no one to fight with. Not the way best friends fight. There was no fun anymore. 
"I'll bet Peter doesn't even remember me" said Robert. "It's a good thing he's not here. I'd have to punch him one." 
"Hello. My name is Will" said a new face. 
I don't like freckles thought Robert. 
"I used to go to another school" said Will. 
I don't like glasses thought Will. 
"My friends are all there" said Will. 
I don't like silly names like Will thought Robert. 
"It was fun" said Will. "Not boring like this place." A letter came for Robert. A letter from Peter. Dear Robert I hope you still remember me. I like my new house now. I like my new school now. At first I didn't like anything. But now I have a friend Alex. You are still my best friend but Alex is nice. It is fun to have someone to play with again. It's not so lonely. Love Peter Robert drew Peter a letter. He drew two friends building a fort. He drew them playing with their cars. He drew them riding their bikes. He wrote: If you were her this is what we'd be doing. But you're not. Then he wrote: There is a new boy in school. He has freckles. Robert saw Will by the fence. "Did you lose something?" he asked. "I thought I saw a frog" said Will. "That's funny looking for a frog" said Robert. "What's funny about it? I like frogs" said Will. "I used to have a pet frog names Greenie. He'd wait for me by the pond near where I lived. He must miss me a lot." "I know where there are frogs" said Robert. "Right in my garden." "You're just saying that" said Will. "I mean it" said Robert. "You can see for yourself." "If I had a frog in my garden I'd share it" said Will. "That's what I'm doing" said Robert. Robert and Will rode home together. They went straight into the garden. The frogs were there. One leaped under a bush and Will caught it. "I'll call you Greenie the Second" he said. "You like me already don't you? The frogs lay their eggs here every year" said Robert. "It's almost time. My friend Peter used to come watch the tadpoles. He called them Inkywiggles. He'll miss them." "Why?" asked Will. "He moved away" said Robert. "Just about the time you came. I write him letters." "Then you can write about the Inkywiggles" said Will. They laughed. "I haven't had so much fun since I moved here" said Will. "Neither have I" said Robert. Robert wrote to Peter. Dear Peter I can't wait until summer when you come to visit. The new boy is called Will. I showed him the frogs. He had a pet one near his home. But he had to move away like you. He thinks inkywiggles is funny. I'll write when they hatch. Love Robert. P.S. How is Alex? P.P.S. See you soon. Robert mailed the letter then rode over to Will's house to play.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Topic

Writing

Frogs

Friendship

Mail

Moving

Low Frequency Words

freckles

inkywiggles