Prill, who runs the camp, tries to raise cash to save his camp. Tim and Kim end up at Camp Diggin to dig for fossils.

A black box on its way to trash brings Tim and Kim to a land of adventure with a T-Rex and a Mom Duckbill. Can Tim and Kim help Mr. Prill save the camp with some support from the friendly dinosaurs?Scope and Sequence Analysis: Explore detailed scope and sequence and read a sample chapter for each title on Simple Words Books' website.

Step: #5 Novice Decodable Chapter Books
Decodability: 90.2%
Word Count: 7209 words
Chapters: 22

• Irregular - taught: 1,688 words, 17 unique words, 23.4% of the word count. (a, the, to, are, do, of, does, from, they, was, you, have, says, there, what, Mr., Mrs)
• Short vowels: 2,041 words, 131 unique words, 28.3% of the word count.
• Blends: 916 words, 151 unique words, 12.7% of the word count.
• Digraphs: 747 words, 85 unique words, 10.4% of the word count.
• FLSZ: 368 words, 43 unique words, 5.1% of the word count.
• Double consonants: 66 words, 5 unique words, 0.9% of the word count.
• -ng, -nk: 140 words, 38 unique words, 1.9% of the word count.
• -all: 60 words, 8 unique words, 0.8% of the word count.
• Open syllables: 480 words, 9 unique words, 6.7% of the word count.
• Silent e: 26 words, 2 unique words, 0.4% of the word count.
• -tch: 6 words, 1 unique word, 0.1% of the word count.
• Ctr r: 71 words, 3 unique words, 1.0% of the word count.
• Vowel teams: 156 words, 14 unique words, 2.2% of the word count.
• -old, -ost: 5 words, 2 unique words, 0.07% of the word count.
• Y vowel: 41 words, 3 unique words, 0.6% of the word count.
• Suffix -ing: 38 words, 19 unique words, 0.53% of the word count.
• Compound: 74 words, 14 unique words, 1.0% of the word count.
• Multisyllabic: 151 words, 52 unique words, 2.1% of the word count.
• Irregular - other: 117 words, 10 unique words, 1.6% of the word count.
• Pre-teach words: 18 words, 8 unique words, 0.2% of the word count.

Series: The Kents' Quest
Genre: Adventure
Category: Decodable Chapter Book #5 Novice Step
Publisher: Simple Words Books
Author: Cigdem Knebel

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