Collecting Rare Coins/Missing Coins Worksheets

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Collecting Rare Coins/Missing Coins For Google Apps

Paired texts increase engagement and improve reading comprehension. This paired text is about coins. One is non fiction and gives some information about why people collect coins.

Collecting rare coins is a popular hobby for people of all ages. People collect coins for many reasons. Some enjoy learning about history, while
others like the challenge of finding rare pieces. Whether for fun or
investment, coin collecting can be an exciting and rewarding hobby.

The other is a 4th grade story about Jenna and her coins that go missing.

Jenna loved her rare coin collection, she had been collecting coins
for as long as she could remember. However, on this day, she was
shocked when she unlocked her lockbox only to discover that many of her
precious coins were missing.

Both of these paired texts share the same theme but one is fictional and one is non fiction. Both stories have comprehension questions that follow. Then there are questions about comparing and contrasting the 2 stories.

1.How do both passages show the importance of keeping coins safe?
2.What are some ways Jenna and other collectors protect their coins?
3.How does the fiction story show a problem that a real collector might face?
4.Which passage gives facts, and which tells a story? How can you tell?

Also included are three writing prompts to stimulate 4th grader's creativity and imagination to move forward and write their own story. An expository, narrative and opinion prompt will help your students develop their own great story.