Text Leveling System

Big Red Tub

RDQ:	248	Max Word/Sent	15	Total Words	332		Diff Words	149
Lex	510	Ave Word/.Sent	4	Hi Freq occurs	145	43.7%	Hi freq	41	27.5%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	1.4	Low Freq occurs	13	3.9%	Low freq	12	8.1%

Stan and stella in the big red tub. 
I splash! You splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! 
Bubbles in the bath, water on the floor. 
But who's this scratching at the door? 
"Hi there, kids! Can I come for a swim?" 
" 'Course you can, Dog. Just dive in!" 
Dog dives in, front feet first. 
Suds rise high, bubbles burst! 
Dog, Stan, and Stella in the bid red tub-
I splash! You splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! 
Bubbles in the bath, water on the floor. 
But who's this roaring at the door? 
"Hi there, kids! Can I have a wash?" 
"Leap in, Lion. Slish and slosh!" 
Lion leaps in and starts to scrub. 
Suds rise high-rub-a-dub-dub! 
Lion, Dog, Stan, and Stella in the tub-
I splash! You splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! 
Bubbles froth, the waters rise. Flip, flop, flap! 
"Who's that?" Stan cries. 
"Hello, kids! Can I come for a paddle?" 
" 'Course you can, duck! Dibble and dabble!" 
Duck dibble-dabbles at a quacking pace. 
Bubbles fly all over the place! 
Duck, Lion, Dog, Stan, and Stella in the bath-
I splash! You splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! 
Water overflows! Bubbles mount! 
The bath is starting to bob about! 
Then Turtle hurtles in. 
"Can I have a dip?" 
Pursued by Penguin. 
"I want to flip!" 
Giraffe races in. 
"Make room for me, I 'm being followed!" 
Who can it be? 
It's hippopotamus! He slips on the floor! 
He slides under the tub! Which goes slosh through the door 
and down the stairs-so very fast! Kangaroo wants a ride, but the tub shoots past! But Kanga's determined. She takes a bound, so the big red tub suddenly  leaves the ground! It flies twice 'round the world, over the mountain and plain. Till a flock of flamingos  tows it home again! Bubbles in the tub, water on the floor, who is THIS coming in the door? It's Mom! Rubba-dubba-giggle, rubba-dubba-dub. "Let's tell Mom about our big red tub!"

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Features

Clear cause/effect

Rhyming

Present Tense

Onomatopoeia

Topic

Water

Cleaning

*Animals

Baths

Low Frequency Words

dabbles	determined	flamingos	froth	kanga's
mount	pace	penguin	pursued	rubba
slish	suds	tows