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Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?

RDQ:	347	Max Word/Sent	41	Total Words	286		Diff Words	98
Lex	570	Ave Word/.Sent	15	Hi Freq occurs	137	47.9%	Hi freq	22	22.4%
AR	2.3	Long Sentences	16.7	Low Freq occurs	3	1%	Low freq	3	3.1%

Jesse Bear what will you wear? 
What will you wear this morning? 
My shirt of red pulled over my head 
Over my head in the morning. I'll wear my pants 
My pants that dance 
My pants that dance in the morning. I'll wear a rose between my toes A rose in my toes in the morning. I'll wear the sun On my legs that run Sun on the run in the morning. I'll wear the sand On my arm and hand Sand on my hand in the morning. Jesse Bear what will you wear What will you wear at noon? I'll wear my chair You'll wear your chair? I'll wear my chair 'Cause I'm stuck there Stuck in my chair at noon. I'll wear carrots and peas and a little more please Celery crunch And sprouts in a bunch An apple to bite And a moustache of white Juice from a pear And rice in my hair That's what I'll wear at noon. Jesse Bear what will you wear What will you wear at night? Not my shirt It's covered with dirt Not my pants That sat in the ants Ants in my pants tonight. Jesse Bare what will you wear What will you wear at night? Water to float My bubbles and boat I'll wear in the tub tonight. My pj's with feet and face on the seat My blanket that's blue And plays peek-a-boo Bear hugs from you And three kisses too That's what I'll wear tonight. Jesse Bear what will you wear What will you wear at night? Sleep in my eyes and stars in the skies Moon on my bed And dreams in my head That's what I'll wear tonight.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Easy

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Some Long/Complex

Text structure: Difficult

Inferences: Several Implications

Complexity: Several unrelated ideas

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Features

Rhyming

Unconventional punctuation

Topic

Time

Clothes

Night

Bears

Low Frequency Words

moustache

skies

sprouts