Text Leveling System

Cat Games

RDQ:	113	Max Word/Sent	10	Total Words	244		Diff Words	65
Lex	150	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	90	36.9%	Hi freq	20	30.8%
AR	1.4	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	0	0%	Low freq	0	0%

Chapter One 
Hide-and-Seek Where are the cats? One orange cat up in a tree. One gray cat under a tree. Up in a tree is Pat. Under the tree is Matt. Matt calls. He wants Pat to come down.Meow Pat looks down at Matt. Then she jumps higher! One cat still up in the tree. One cat still under the tree. Up in the tree is she. Under the tree is he. Matt calls again. He wants Pat to come down. But she wants to go higher. Meow Pat jumps again! Now Matt can't see Pat. So he climbs up the tree. Pat hides. Matt seeks. Two cats play hide-and-seek. Where is she? Where is he? Where is the gray cat? Where is the orange cat? Can you see them? Chapter Two New Game Two cats play a new game. Pat runs. Matt runs after her. Matt chases Pat around and around. Matt runs. Pat runs after him. Pat chases Matt around and around. Along comes a barking dog. He chases Matt and Pat. arf arf Up the tree runs Matt. Up the tree runs Pat. Under the tree is the barking dog. He wants to play. The dog looks up at Pat and Matt. Pat and Matt look down at the dog. Pat looks at Matt. Matt looks at Pat. They look up and down. And then...they jump!Two cats and a dog play under the tree.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Moderate support

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Vocabulary: Easy

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Features

Topic

Trees

Positional Words

Cats

Chasing/Catching

*Animals

Games

*Entertainment & Fun

Low Frequency Words