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Whooo's Haunting the Teeny Tiny Ghost?

RDQ:	400	Max Word/Sent	19	Total Words	465		Diff Words	201
Lex	610	Ave Word/.Sent	8	Hi Freq occurs	233	50.1%	Hi freq	71	35.3%
AR	2.4	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	16	3.4%	Low freq	15	7.5%

It was recess
at Teeny Tiny School.
Ghosts bumped
on tiny seesaws
and shrieked
on tiny swings.
The teeny tiny teacher
blew her whistle.]]
The timid
teeny tiny ghost
stood by
the slippery
silver slide.
""Come on up,""
called Cousin Brad.
""Slip and slide!
Ride and glide!""]]
Brad howled
and yeowled
as he slid.]]
""Your turn,""
said the teacher.
""Give a teeny tiny try.""
With a shake
and a shiver
the teeny tiny ghost
flew to the
slippery tippy-top.]]
He shot to the bottom 
and landed in a heap!
""You did it!""
cried his teacher.
""What a bold,
brave ghost!""]]
After school the teeny tiny ghost
soared above his teeny tiny town.
""Being brave just takes practice,""
he thought as he flew.]]
""Wait till I tell my black cats!""]]
But when he landed
at his teeny tiny house,
his back door was
standing open!]]
""Whoooo's that prowling
in my teeny tiny house?""
he asked in a shiver-quiver voice.]]
He heard chains clinking
down his teeny tiny hall.
""Whoooo's there?""
he called.]]
Then the eyes of Great-Grampa
in the picture on the wall
began blink, blink, blinking -
open...shut!]]
The teeny tiny chair started
rock,
rock,
rocking,
but no one was there!]]
""How can this be?""
he asked his teeny tiny cats.
""Someone is haunting
my teeny tiny house,
but I'm the ghost!""]]
Then came stomp,
stomp, stomping
on his teeny tiny stairs.
""Where are you?""
he wailed,
his bright white face
turning pale.
But No One
was there.]]
The teeny tiny ghost cried,
""What shall I do?
I learned Boooo
and Whoooo
at Teeny Tiny School,
but Hide and Haunt
isn't till next year!""]]
Then the teeny tiny ghost
remembered the slide.
How brave he had been
on that slippery, scary ride!]]
So he scooped up his cats,
and he sailed to his turret.]]
As he flew, he blew
out his teeny tiny chest.
""I am a brave, bold
teeny tiny ghost!""
he said as he 
burst through
the door.]]
No one was there.
He peeked in his closet.
No one was there.]]
The teeny tiny ghost
saw his teeny tiny curtains
blowing and flowing - 
but there wasn't 
any wind.]]
He zoomed
to his window and 
gave a big yank!
With a thump
and a bump
his older cousin, Brad,
fell to the
teeny tiny floor.]]
""We had to hide and haunt
for homework,""
said Brad with a grin.
""I caught you!""
cried the teeny tiny ghost.]]
The cousins and the cats
danced the spook-and-spin.
Then they slid down
the teeny tiny rail.]]
They told rap-tap jokes and
made a marshmellow mess
till the time came
for Brad to go.]]
The teeny tiny ghost
waved a big goodbye
and whispered to his
teeny tiny cats,]]
""Wait till next year!""]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Inferences: Some implications

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Ghosts

Fears

Courage

*Feelings, Behaviors

*Holidays, Events, Cele

Halloween

Low Frequency Words

clinking	cousins	curtains	grampa	haunting
marshmellow	prowling	quiver	seesaws	soared
timid	turret	whoooo's	yank	yeowled