Text Leveling System

Carla's New Glasses

RDQ:	139	Max Word/Sent	13	Total Words	207		Diff Words	66
Lex	180	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	93	44.9%	Hi freq	19	28.8%
AR	1.5	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	7	3.4%	Low freq	7	10.6%

Carla needed new glasses.
Carla and her mom went to
the store to find the perfect pair.]]
Carla picked a pair of glasses and
put them on. “These look like circles.
They are too round,” she said.
“This is not the perfect pair.”]]
Carla’s mom handed her another pair
of glasses. Carla put them on. “These
look like squares. They are too boxy,”
she said. “This is not the perfect pair.”]]
Carla walked across the store and
picked up a different pair of glasses.
She put them on. “These look like
rectangles. They are too wide,” she
said. “This is not the perfect pair.”]]
Carla took a pair that was next to the
rectangle glasses. She tried them on.
“These look like triangles. They are too
pointy,” she told her mom. “This is not
the perfect pair.”]]
Carla’s mother was getting tired.
She handed Carla another pair
of glasses. Carla put them on.
“These look like ovals. They are
too curvy,” she said. “This is not
the perfect pair.”]]
The salesperson walked over to Carla.
She handed her a pair of glasses that
looked like octagons. Carla tried them
on and looked in the mirror. “This is
the perfect pair!” she cheered.]]
Carla loves her new glasses.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Simple

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Topic

Shapes

Appearances

Eyes

Choices

*Math

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

curvy	octagons	ovals	rectangle	rectangles
salesperson	triangles