1st grade nonfiction passage about counting by fives with nickels: 95 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
1st gradenonfictioncounting by fives with nickels95 words
Five Fingers, Five Nickels
Hold up one hand. You have five fingers. Hold up your other hand. Now you have ten fingers. We can count by fives with our hands.
A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents. One nickel is five cents. Two nickels are ten cents. Three nickels are fifteen cents.
Say the numbers as you count. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Four nickels make twenty cents. Each time you add a nickel, you add five more. Count a pile of nickels by fives, and you will know the total fast. Ten nickels are fifty cents.
Questions
How many fingers are on one hand? in the text
How many cents is a nickel worth? in the text
How many cents are two nickels worth? in the text
How many cents are four nickels worth? in the text
What do you add each time you add one nickel? think about it
Words to know
nickel
a coin worth five cents
coin
a small round piece of money
worth
having a certain price or value
finger
one of the five parts at the end of a hand
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Five Fingers, Five Nickels
1st grade reading passage
Hold up one hand. You have five fingers. Hold up your other hand. Now you have ten fingers. We can count by fives with our hands.
A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents. One nickel is five cents. Two nickels are ten cents. Three nickels are fifteen cents.
Say the numbers as you count. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Four nickels make twenty cents. Each time you add a nickel, you add five more. Count a pile of nickels by fives, and you will know the total fast. Ten nickels are fifty cents.
Questions
How many fingers are on one hand?
How many cents is a nickel worth?
How many cents are two nickels worth?
How many cents are four nickels worth?
What do you add each time you add one nickel?
Words to know
nickel: a coin worth five cents
coin: a small round piece of money
worth: having a certain price or value
finger: one of the five parts at the end of a hand
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● Easier · 65 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.5
Hold up one hand. You have five fingers. Hold up the other hand. Now you have ten. We can count by fives with our hands.
A nickel is a coin worth five cents. One nickel is five cents. Two nickels are ten cents. Three nickels are fifteen cents.
Say the numbers. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Four nickels make twenty cents. Each nickel adds five more.
▲ This passage · 95 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 1
Hold up one hand. You have five fingers. Hold up your other hand. Now you have ten fingers. We can count by fives with our hands.
A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents. One nickel is five cents. Two nickels are ten cents. Three nickels are fifteen cents.
Say the numbers as you count. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Four nickels make twenty cents. Each time you add a nickel, you add five more. Count a pile of nickels by fives, and you will know the total fast. Ten nickels are fifty cents.
■ Harder · 91 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 3.2
Hold up one hand, and you will see five fingers. Hold up your other hand too, and now you have ten fingers. Our hands make it easy to count by fives.
A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents. One nickel is worth five cents, two nickels are worth ten cents, and three nickels are worth fifteen cents.
Say the numbers out loud as you count: five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Four nickels make twenty cents. Every time you add another nickel, you add five more cents to the total.
Hold up one hand. You have five fingers. Hold up the other hand. Now you have ten. We can count by fives with our hands.
A nickel is a coin worth five cents. One nickel is five cents. Two nickels are ten cents. Three nickels are fifteen cents.
Say the numbers. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Four nickels make twenty cents. Each nickel adds five more.
Questions
How many fingers are on one hand?
How many cents is a nickel worth?
How many cents are two nickels worth?
How many cents are four nickels worth?
What do you add each time you add one nickel?
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Name ____________________▲
Five Fingers, Five Nickels
Hold up one hand. You have five fingers. Hold up your other hand. Now you have ten fingers. We can count by fives with our hands.
A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents. One nickel is five cents. Two nickels are ten cents. Three nickels are fifteen cents.
Say the numbers as you count. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Four nickels make twenty cents. Each time you add a nickel, you add five more. Count a pile of nickels by fives, and you will know the total fast. Ten nickels are fifty cents.
Questions
How many fingers are on one hand?
How many cents is a nickel worth?
How many cents are two nickels worth?
How many cents are four nickels worth?
What do you add each time you add one nickel?
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Name ____________________■
Five Fingers, Five Nickels
Hold up one hand, and you will see five fingers. Hold up your other hand too, and now you have ten fingers. Our hands make it easy to count by fives.
A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents. One nickel is worth five cents, two nickels are worth ten cents, and three nickels are worth fifteen cents.
Say the numbers out loud as you count: five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Four nickels make twenty cents. Every time you add another nickel, you add five more cents to the total.
Questions
How many fingers do you see on one hand?
How many cents is one nickel worth?
How many cents are two nickels worth?
How many cents do four nickels make?
What do you add to the total each time you add another nickel?
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Answer key: Five Fingers, Five Nickels
● Easier (Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.5)
Five fingers.
Five cents.
Ten cents.
Twenty cents.
Five more cents.
▲ This passage (Flesch-Kincaid grade 1)
Five fingers.
Five cents.
Ten cents.
Twenty cents.
Five more cents, because each nickel is worth five.
■ Harder (Flesch-Kincaid grade 3.2)
Five fingers.
Five cents.
Ten cents.
Twenty cents.
Five more cents, because every nickel is worth five.
Free at teach.peabody.kids
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Before reading, put nickel, coin, worth and finger on the board with their meanings from the Words to know section and have students predict what the text will be about.
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What reading level is "Five Fingers, Five Nickels"?
It was written for 1st grade. It has 95 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.0. That is a formula's estimate from sentence length and syllables, and it is not a Lexile or a guided reading level, so check it against your students.
What do the questions ask?
There are five. 4 ask for something the text says directly and 1 ask the reader to work something out from clues. Each has an answer in the key, and the answers are written as a teacher would accept them, not as the only possible wording.
How long does it take to read?
About 1 minute read aloud at 100 words a minute. For a one-minute fluency check, paste it into the fluency timer and use the word count.
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