Text Leveling System

Where Have You Been

RDQ:	183	Max Word/Sent	16	Total Words	338		Diff Words	81
Lex	320	Ave Word/.Sent	11	Hi Freq occurs	139	41.1%	Hi freq	21	25.9%
AR	1.8	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	5	1.5%	Low freq	3	3.7%

Little Old Cat Little Old Cat 
Where have you been?
 To see this and that Said the Little Old Cat.
 That's Where I've been. 
Little Old Squirrel Little Old Squirrel 
Where have you been? 
I've been out on a whirl Said the Little Old Squirrel 
That's where I've been.
 Little Old Fish Little Old Fish 
Where do you swim? 
Wherever I wish Said the Little Old Fish 
That's where I swim. 
Little Brown Bird Little Brown Bird 
Where do you fly? 
I fly in the sky Said the Little Brown Bird 
That's where I fly. 
Little Old Horse Little Old Horse Where have you been? In the clover of course Said the Little Old Horse That's where I've been. Little Old Toad Little Old Toad Where have you been? I've been way up the road Said the Little Old Toad That's where I've been. Little Old Frog Little Old Frog Where have you been? I've been sitting on a log Said the Little Old Frog That's where I've been. Little Old Mole Little Old Mole Where have you been? Down a long dark hole Said the Little Old Mole That's where I've been. Little Old Bee Little Old Bee Where have you been? In a pink apple tree Said the Little Old Bee That's where I've been. Little Old Whale Little Old Whale Where do you sail? Down under the gale Said the Little Old Whale That's where I said. Little Old Bunny Little Old Bunny Why do you run? I run because it's fun Said the Little Old Bunny That's why I run. Little Old Lion Little Old Lion Where have you been? Where the jungle grows dim Said the Little Old Lion That's where I've been. Little Old Mouse Little Old Mouse Why run down the clock? To see if the tick Comes after the tock I run down the clock. Little Old Rook Little Old Rook Where do you look? At the very last page Of this very same book Said the Little Old Rook.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

2 patterns excl open/close

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Features

Rhyming

Unconventional punctuation

Topic

Whales

Actions

Fish

Questions

*Animals

Horses

Birds

Low Frequency Words

gale

rook

whirl