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Ellie and Josie Feature Illustration

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Ellie & Josie RPS

Ellie and Josie discuss an important issue: “What do you want to do now?” They agree to let rock, paper, scissors decide, but one of them is far better at playing this game.

Lesson

Lesson Content Info:

total words: 228
reading time: 2 min
grammar: comparitives, ordinal numbers, location prepositions
challenging words:
again, cover, cut, important, must, promise, rest, rock, scissors, smarter, than, under, win

Lesson content info details:

Total word count: 228
Common grammar words: 61
Syllables: 303
Sentences: 60
Unique Words: 82 (36%)
Avg. Word Length (char) 4.1
Avg. Sentence Length (word) 3.8
Monosyllabic Words (1 syllable) 162
Polysyllabic Words (β‰₯3 syllables) 7
Syllables per word 1 .3
Paragraphs 35
Difficult Words 54 (24%)

Top 10 Single Words:

  1. okay: 8 (3.5%)
  2. talk: 7 (3.1%)
  3. smarter: 7 (3.1%)
  4. play: 5 (2.2%)
  5. want: 5 (2.2%)
  6. asked: 4 (1.8%)
  7. second: 4 (1.8%)
  8. let’s: 4 (1.8%)
  9. first: 4 (1.8%)
  10. say: 4 (1.8%)

Word Sequences:

  1. want to talk: 4 (1.8%)
  2. to talk about: 4 (1.8%)
  3. I asked you: 4 (1.8%)

Coleman-Liau Index: 14.4

Flesch Reading Ease Score: 90.5

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 1.6

Gunning Fog Index: 2.7

Ellie and Josie

Sleepy Ellie
Sleepy Ellie

Sleepy Ellie

Ellie is not completely awake when her teacher asks her to tell the class what she does after waking up each weekday morning. She gets the sequence very mixed-up. Help make sense of Ellie’s routine by correcting her mistakes.

Lesson Content Info:

total words: 228
reading time: 2 min
challenging words:
runny, around, could, slow down, change, though, scare, forget, loud, joke, going on, giraffe, cloud, tortoise

Total word count: 223
Common grammar words: 62
Syllables: 300
Sentences: 9
Unique Words: 102 (46%)
Avg. Word Length (char) 3.9
Avg. Sentence Length (word) 24.8
Monosyllabic Words (1 syllable) 158
Polysyllabic Words (β‰₯3 syllables) 8
Syllables per word 1 .3
Paragraphs 5
Difficult Words 25 (11%)

Top 10 Single Words:

  1. say 10 (4.5%)
  2. friends 5 (2.2%)
  3. sometimes 4 (1.8%)
  4. please 4 (1.8%)
  5. don’t 4 (1.8%)
  6. way 4 (1.8%)
  7. funny 3 (1.3%)
  8. too 3 (1.3%)
  9. bit 3 (1.3%)
  10. love 3 (1.3%)

Coleman-Liau Index: 13.1

Flesch Reading Ease Score: 67.9

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.9

Gunning Fog Index: 11.3

Rhyme Time

A Little Bit Funny Animals
A Little Bit Funny Friends

A small group of animals reveal what sets them apart from their other animal friends, and why their friends appreciate these peculiar characteristics.

Lesson

Lesson Content Info:

total words: 228
reading time: 2 min
challenging words:
runny, around, could, slow down, change, though, scare, forget, loud, joke, going on, giraffe, cloud, tortoise

Total word count: 223
Common grammar words: 62
Syllables: 300
Sentences: 9
Unique Words: 102 (46%)
Avg. Word Length (char) 3.9
Avg. Sentence Length (word) 24.8
Monosyllabic Words (1 syllable) 158
Polysyllabic Words (β‰₯3 syllables) 8
Syllables per word 1 .3
Paragraphs 5
Difficult Words 25 (11%)

Top 10 Single Words:

  1. say 10 (4.5%)
  2. friends 5 (2.2%)
  3. sometimes 4 (1.8%)
  4. please 4 (1.8%)
  5. don’t 4 (1.8%)
  6. way 4 (1.8%)
  7. funny 3 (1.3%)
  8. too 3 (1.3%)
  9. bit 3 (1.3%)
  10. love 3 (1.3%)

Coleman-Liau Index: 13.1

Flesch Reading Ease Score: 67.9

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.9

Gunning Fog Index: 11.3

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