Text Leveling System

In a People House

RDQ:	202	Max Word/Sent	43	Total Words	190		Diff Words	120
Lex	460	Ave Word/.Sent	10	Hi Freq occurs	81	42.6%	Hi freq	25	20.8%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	11.1	Low Freq occurs	5	2.6%	Low freq	5	4.2%

"Come inside Mr. Bird" said the mouse. 
"I'll show you what there is in a People House...A People House has things like ...chairs things like roller skates and stairs. banana bathtub bottles brooms That's what you find in people's rooms. scissors needles buttons thread cup and saucer pillow bed  These are doughnuts. Here's a door. Come along I'll show you more. Here's a ceiling here's a floor. piano peanuts popcorn pails pencil paper hammer nails salt and pepper goldfish key table telephone TV Come on! Come on! There's more to see! You'll see a kitchen sink in a People House. a shoe and a sock and a clock  said the mouse. bread and butter window wall toothbrush hairbrush big blue ball baked beans bureau drawer and books lights and lamps and hats and hooks mirror marbles shirt and string knife fork spoon and bells to ring doll and dishes teapot trash Look out below! I'm going to crash And another thing it's time you knew...A People House has people too. "And now Mr. Bird you know" said the mouse. "You know what there is in a People House."]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Unconventional format

Dialog: Simple

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Features

Rhyming

Topic

People

Observation

Houses

Low Frequency Words

bureau

drawer

saucer

scissors

thread