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Title: RMl Storybook 2
A big bug met a little bug. The big bug said, "let's go 13
eat." So the big bug ate a leaf and a nut and a rock. The 28
big bug said, "that is how big bugs eat." The little bug 40
said, "now I will eat." So the little bug ate a leaf and a 54
nut and a rock. Then the little bug went to a log and bit 68
the log. She ate the log. Then she ate ten more logs. 80
"Wow. "the big bug said. "that little bug can eat a lat." 92
The little bug said, "now let's eat more." 100
Spache Readability Formula for This Passage =
(0.141 * 8.33 Avg. Number of Words Per Sentence)+ (0.086 * 5.0 Percent of Words in
Sample Not Found on Spache Revised Word List) + 0.839 = 2.44 Grade Equivalent