Text Leveling System

The Bird

RDQ:	113	Max Word/Sent	13	Total Words	234		Diff Words	78
Lex	150	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	130	55.6%	Hi freq	32	41%
AR	1.4	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	7	3%	Low freq	2	2.6%

I like the statue, says Mat.
 What is that on the king's head?
I see weeds and dirt on the head, 
says Max.
 Who made a mess on the statue's
head? Says Max.
 Let's ask Sis the Snake. She likes to lay
in the sun under the statue, statue's head?
Who did it?
I see a bird on the statue
as I lay in the sun. The bird sets weeds
and dirt on the head.
Then they hid in the tree.
They will use a net to get the bird.
I see a bird,
but she has no weeds and dirt.
She sings a song.
Let me go!
I need to go back to my nest.
I need to check my eggs.
You make a mess on the king's head.
We cannot let you go.
You will set weeds and dirt on the statue.
They are not weeds and dirt!
It is my nest on the king's head.
I laid eggs.
I need to go back to my nest.
They let the bird go back to her nest.
She sits on her eggs.
Today, we will check on the bird,
says Max.
I see her at her nest on the king's
head, says Mat.
She has five birds in her nest!
See the birds fly high in the sky.
The bird has no need for the nest.
The statue is not in a mess.

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Easy

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Topic

Messiness

Birds

Low Frequency Words

statue

statue's