Kindergarten nonfiction passage about coins and their value: 61 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
I have a penny, a nickel, and a dime in my pocket. All three are round.
My dime is the smallest one in my hand, but it buys the most. A dime buys more than my penny does, and more than my nickel does.
Tiny things can be worth a lot. We do not judge money by how big it looks.
Which coin is the smallest? in the text
What shape are the coins? in the text
Which coin is worth the most? in the text
Is a dime worth more than a penny? in the text
Why do we not pick a coin by its size? think about it
The same topic and facts written three ways, so a mixed class can read and talk about one text. Each group’s sheet shows only a shape; the key says which is which.
Here are three coins. A penny. A nickel. A dime.
The dime is small. Yet it is worth the most.
A small coin can be worth a lot.
I have a penny, a nickel, and a dime in my pocket. All three are round.
My dime is the smallest one in my hand, but it buys the most. A dime buys more than my penny does, and more than my nickel does.
Tiny things can be worth a lot. We do not judge money by how big it looks.
Let us look closely at three coins. The penny, the nickel, and the dime are all round.
The dime is the smallest of the three, yet it is worth the most. A dime has more value than a penny, and it has more value than a nickel as well.
A coin can be tiny and still be worth plenty. That is why we cannot choose a coin by its size alone.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 61 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.7. 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.
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.
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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