Readability
The section of this chapter is the beginning of chapter 1, Pages 1-9
Did you know? Dogs have senses as people do, but dogs can hear higher sounds. Did you know? The oldest living thing on Earth is the bristlecone pine tree in the United States. You have five senses that help you learn about things. What part of your body do you use for each sense? Your sense of sight helps you learn how things look. Your sense of touch helps you learn how things feel. Your sense of hearing helps you learn about sounds. Your sense of smell helps you learn how things smell. Your sense of taste helps you choose what to eat...
Total # of words: 110
Total # of unique words: 61
Total # of repeat words: 49
Average # of words per sentence: 9
Total number of sentences: 12
Total number of characters: 465
Average # of characters per word: 4.2
Average # of syllables per word:1
Total Syllables in text: 132
Total # of words with single syllables:88
Percent of single syllables in text: 80%
Total # of words 3+ syllables : 3
Percent of 3+ syllables in text: 3%
The 2nd section contains 100 words from the beginning of chapter 4, pages D-1 to D-6
Did you know? You don’t have to have rainy weather to get lightning. Did you know? A landsailer can go more than 100 miles an hour in the wind. It may be hot or cold outside. It may be sunny, cloudy, or rainy. All of these words tell about weather. The weather is what the air is like outside. When the air outside changes, the weather changes. The weather may be hot one day and cool the next. One day may be cloudy and rainy. The next day may be clear and sunny. One day may be...
Total # of words: 122
Total # of unique words: 70
Total # of repeat words: 52
Average # of words per sentence: 8
Total # of sentences: 16
Total # of characters: 475
Average # of characters per word: 3.9
Average # of syllables per word: 1
Total syllables in text: 159
Total # of words with single syllables: 95
Percent of single syllables in text: 78%
Total # of words with double syllables: 24
Percent of double syllables in text: 20%
Total # of 3+ syllables in text: 3
Percent of 3+ syllables in text 2%
The 3rd section contains 100 words from the end of the 6th chapter, pgs F39-F43
A magnet has two poles. These are the places where its pulling force is the strongest. Where are the poles of this magnet bar? Every magnet has a north pole and a south pole. They are often called the N pole and the S pole. Two poles that are different attract each other. Two poles that are the same repel, or push away, each other. Bits of iron can show where a magnet’s pull is the strongest. The iron bits make a pattern around the magnet. More bits go to the poles, where the pull is the strongest. A magnets pull is called magnetic force. This force can pass through some things to attract iron objects...
Total # of words: 116
Total # of unique words: 6.1
Total # of repeat words: 55
Average # of words per sentences: 10
Total # of sentences: 12
Total # of characters: 478
Average # of characters per word: 4.1
Average # of syllables per word: 1
Total # of syllables in text: 159
Total # of words with single syllables: 24
Percent of single syllable words: 21%
Total # of words with double syllables: 90
Percent of double syllable words: 78%
Total # of words with double syllables:2
Percent of 3+ syllables in text: 2%
The textbook is a 1st Grade level, so the average readability compares as the same to other text books at the same reading level. I think the beginning of the textbook is very user friendly and the words and grammar are not difficult. I did notice from the readability test that as the chapters continue, the words and grammar do become more difficult and the sentences become longer. The idea is that the students are also becoming better readers as the school year continues on, so it might be challenging for struggling readers to understand this text if they are already having trouble keeping up on track. It will be important to evaluate how well the students are understanding the material throughout the text, to make sure that no student is lagging behind.
We will start the lesson by pre-teaching the main vocabulary words in the lesson. We will put the words on our classroom "word wall." We will discuss the concept of the chapter before we begin, in order to activate the student's prior knowledge about the topic. The students will also work in small groups to become researchers and analyze questions such as "What are living things?" "What are nonliving things?" and "How do we determine what is living and what is nonliving?" As the lesson continues the students will determine the answers to the questions we asked at the beginning of the lesson. These strategies will help provide scaffolding for the concepts so that the students can learn the current material and also be prepared for the next lesson, all while building on previous knowledge of past lessons.
The section of this chapter is the beginning of chapter 1, Pages 1-9
Did you know? Dogs have senses as people do, but dogs can hear higher sounds. Did you know? The oldest living thing on Earth is the bristlecone pine tree in the United States. You have five senses that help you learn about things. What part of your body do you use for each sense? Your sense of sight helps you learn how things look. Your sense of touch helps you learn how things feel. Your sense of hearing helps you learn about sounds. Your sense of smell helps you learn how things smell. Your sense of taste helps you choose what to eat...
Total # of words: 110
Total # of unique words: 61
Total # of repeat words: 49
Average # of words per sentence: 9
Total number of sentences: 12
Total number of characters: 465
Average # of characters per word: 4.2
Average # of syllables per word:1
Total Syllables in text: 132
Total # of words with single syllables:88
Percent of single syllables in text: 80%
Total # of words 3+ syllables : 3
Percent of 3+ syllables in text: 3%
The 2nd section contains 100 words from the beginning of chapter 4, pages D-1 to D-6
Did you know? You don’t have to have rainy weather to get lightning. Did you know? A landsailer can go more than 100 miles an hour in the wind. It may be hot or cold outside. It may be sunny, cloudy, or rainy. All of these words tell about weather. The weather is what the air is like outside. When the air outside changes, the weather changes. The weather may be hot one day and cool the next. One day may be cloudy and rainy. The next day may be clear and sunny. One day may be...
Total # of words: 122
Total # of unique words: 70
Total # of repeat words: 52
Average # of words per sentence: 8
Total # of sentences: 16
Total # of characters: 475
Average # of characters per word: 3.9
Average # of syllables per word: 1
Total syllables in text: 159
Total # of words with single syllables: 95
Percent of single syllables in text: 78%
Total # of words with double syllables: 24
Percent of double syllables in text: 20%
Total # of 3+ syllables in text: 3
Percent of 3+ syllables in text 2%
The 3rd section contains 100 words from the end of the 6th chapter, pgs F39-F43
A magnet has two poles. These are the places where its pulling force is the strongest. Where are the poles of this magnet bar? Every magnet has a north pole and a south pole. They are often called the N pole and the S pole. Two poles that are different attract each other. Two poles that are the same repel, or push away, each other. Bits of iron can show where a magnet’s pull is the strongest. The iron bits make a pattern around the magnet. More bits go to the poles, where the pull is the strongest. A magnets pull is called magnetic force. This force can pass through some things to attract iron objects...
Total # of words: 116
Total # of unique words: 6.1
Total # of repeat words: 55
Average # of words per sentences: 10
Total # of sentences: 12
Total # of characters: 478
Average # of characters per word: 4.1
Average # of syllables per word: 1
Total # of syllables in text: 159
Total # of words with single syllables: 24
Percent of single syllable words: 21%
Total # of words with double syllables: 90
Percent of double syllable words: 78%
Total # of words with double syllables:2
Percent of 3+ syllables in text: 2%
The textbook is a 1st Grade level, so the average readability compares as the same to other text books at the same reading level. I think the beginning of the textbook is very user friendly and the words and grammar are not difficult. I did notice from the readability test that as the chapters continue, the words and grammar do become more difficult and the sentences become longer. The idea is that the students are also becoming better readers as the school year continues on, so it might be challenging for struggling readers to understand this text if they are already having trouble keeping up on track. It will be important to evaluate how well the students are understanding the material throughout the text, to make sure that no student is lagging behind.
We will start the lesson by pre-teaching the main vocabulary words in the lesson. We will put the words on our classroom "word wall." We will discuss the concept of the chapter before we begin, in order to activate the student's prior knowledge about the topic. The students will also work in small groups to become researchers and analyze questions such as "What are living things?" "What are nonliving things?" and "How do we determine what is living and what is nonliving?" As the lesson continues the students will determine the answers to the questions we asked at the beginning of the lesson. These strategies will help provide scaffolding for the concepts so that the students can learn the current material and also be prepared for the next lesson, all while building on previous knowledge of past lessons.