Target Word
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Dale List of 3,000 Familiar Words (Chall & Dale, 1995)

Ginn Word Book for Teachers Grade Level (Johnson, Moe, & Baumann, 1983)

Living Word Book Grade Level (Dale & O’Rourke, 1981)

horned frog

x (horn) & frog

mud puddle frog

x (all words)

owl butterfly

x (both words)

tree frog

x (both words)

army ant butterfly

x ant & butterfly;

army 2

insects

2 (insect)

walking stick

x (walk);

2 (stick)

diamond

3

mammal

3

reptiles

3 (reptile)

triangle

3

firey-throated hummingbird

4 (fire); 4 throat; 4 hummingbird

spider monkey

4 spider; 4 monkey

tiger beetle

x (tiger);

4 (beetle)

katydid

6

armadillo

8

hermit hummingbird

8 hermit; 4 hummingbird

hexagon

8

parallelogram

8

tarantula

8

trapezoid

8

amphibian

10

iguana

12

sloth

12

quetzal

13

toucan

13

agouti

16

harlequin beetle

4 beetle;

16 harlequin

macaw

16

scarab beetle

4 beetle;

16 scarab