Text Leveling System

Just Saving My Money

RDQ:	155	Max Word/Sent	12	Total Words	236		Diff Words	103
Lex	200	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	122	51.7%	Hi freq	40	38.8%
AR	1.6	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	4	1.7%	Low freq	4	3.9%

My skateboard is old.
It is broken.
I need a new one.
I tell my dad.
Dad says, "You need money. Do you have any?"
I get my money jar.
"How about this?" I ask.
"You need to save more money for a skateboard," Dad says.
I say, "I will do chores and earn lots of money."
I make a list of chores that will make me money.
First, I feed the dog, but the bag is too big.
I empty the dishwasher, but the dishes are too heavy.
I clean my room. Mom pays me some money.
I sell lemonade. I get more money.
I save lots of money in my money jar.
Dad says, "You need a savings account."
Dad takes me to the bank.
We see the manager.
Dad writes on some bank papers. I write my name.
They take my money jar. I am upset. Dad says, "Don't worry."
They pour my money into a machine. It counts my money.
I get a book. It tells me how much money I have.
"Hey, Dad," I ask.
"Can I get a skateboard yet?"
Dad says, "Not yet. You must save more money."
Every day I do chores to earn more money.
Finally, I save enough money for a new skateboard.
But I don't want that anymore. Now I want a robot dinosaur.
I say,"Dad, I am so glad I saved my money!"

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Author's purpose: Obvious

Features

Character traits

Clear cause/effect

Simple Plot

First Person

Present Tense

Topic

Money

Saving

Banks/Banking

*Economics

Low Frequency Words

account

lemonade

manager

pour