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Spring Is Here

RDQ:	190	Max Word/Sent	17	Total Words	208		Diff Words	121
Lex	370	Ave Word/.Sent	8	Hi Freq occurs	90	43.3%	Hi freq	31	25.6%
AR	1.9	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	3	1.4%	Low freq	3	2.5%

The Warmer Days of Spring
Remember how the sun feels on the first warm day of spring? 
In spring, each day grows longer and warmer.
The plants and animals feel it grow warmer, too.
The Garden
The flowers send up shoots from round white bulbs. 
Soon the garden will be filled with color.
The robins are back at work. 
They collect brown grass for a nest. Soon they will feed wiggly worms to hungry babies.
The Woods
The trees are growing again. 
The fat buds on a tree grow into big, flat leaves. 
Caterpillars nibble on them.
The cricket comes out from underground. 
It rubs its wings to make the sound "chirp, chirp."
The Mountains
In the mountains, snow melts away. Streams fill with water.
The bear comes out from her underground den. 
She is hungry.
The Meadow
A baby deer drinks its mother's milk. Soon it will eat soft spring grass.
Gophers kick up piles of brown soil. 
They nibble on dandelion leaves.
The Pond
It's also warmer at the pond. 
The turtles lie on a log in the sun.
A water lily's flat, round leaf lies on top of the water. 
A frog sits on the leaf and makes a sound, "ribbet, ribbet." 
Spring is here.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Table of Contents

Glossary

Bold/Italicized Words

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Additional activities

Features

Topic

*Weather

Spring

Seasons

Low Frequency Words

dandelion

gophers

meadow