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Lower primary – Consolidating level
Text type: Fiction
Word count: 275
ISBN 978 1 92570 947 6

Material sourced from: Launch Pad Readers, I’m Going to the Moon, Blake Education
(permission to reproduce this material has kindly been granted by Gilt Edge Publishing, NZ) I’m Going to the Moon

I’m going to the moon,” said the little brown mouse. “So you’re going to the moon, is that a fact?”
Comprehension and Writing Response Centres – Lower Primary © 2009 Blake Education

So he packed his bag and left the house. hooted the owl from the tree where he sat.
Then up he climbed onto his bike “Yes,” said the spider, and the snail,
and sped off fast into the night. and the little brown mouse with the long brown tail.
He hadn’t gone far when he spotted a spider. Then the great owl said from his tree up high,
“Hey! where are you going, little bike rider?” “How are you going to get up in the sky?
“I’m going to the moon,” said the little brown mouse. You don’t have wings that can help you fly?”
“I’ve packed my bags and left my house.” “I’ve seen the moon and it lives in the sea,”
“Can I come too?” asked the big black spider, said the little brown mouse, as sure as could be.
jumping up with the little bike rider. “What you have seen,” said the owl with a sigh,
“Yes, you can,” said the little brown mouse, “is only the reflection from the moon shining down
from the sky.”
who had packed his bag and left his house.
They hadn’t gone far when they spotted a snail.
“Hey! What are you doing? You’re messing my trail.”
“We’re going to the moon,” said the little brown mouse.
“I’ve packed my bags and left my house.”
“Can I come too?” asked the slippery snail,
slithering silently onto the mouse’s tail.
“Yes, you can,” said the little brown mouse,
who packed his bags and left his house.
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ZONE IN!
Before reading the text …
How’s this … a baby mouse is called a pinky or a kitten.
A female mouse is called a doe. A male mouse is called a buck.
A mouse’s tail is as long as its body. Mice eat all the time and
eat almost anything! Most mice only live 1 to 2 years.
READ IT!
After reading the text …
♦ 3 level guide – Write true or false for each statement.
Answer using the text
1. The brown mouse was small.
2. The mouse made new friends along the way.
3. The mouse was sure that the moon lived in the sea.
Answer using the text and your own thinking
4. Everyone in the story wanted to go to the moon.
5. The snail was angry with the little brown mouse.
6. The owl was angry with the mouse.
Answer using the text, your opinion and knowledge
of the world
7. You will always come across someone who will upset
your plans.
8. Everyone needs to listen to someone wiser than
themselves. (“Wiser” means smarter.)
Lower primary – Consolidating level
I’m Going to the Moon
THINK IT! TALK IT!
After reading … Think and share with a partner.
Comprehension and Writing Response Centres – Lower Primary © 2009 Blake Education
♦ In your opinion
In the story the little brown mouse decided to ride his bike
to the moon. Why do you think the mouse wanted to go
to the moon? The spider decided to join him. Why do you
think a spider would want to go to the moon? Then a snail
decided to join them. Would a snail have different reasons
to a mouse or a spider?
Think about all the different reasons that humans might
want to go to the moon. Discuss with a partner.
WRITE IT!
After reading the text, write …
♦ Adding another scene
Imagine you are the little brown mouse and you meet
another character. Decide who it could be. Create four
lines in the same style as the poem to add to the story.
Check back with the story for ideas. Do your writing in your
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student book.
♦ Story ending
What do you think might happen next? The owl has just
told them what they see is a reflection. Write an ending
for this story. Share your writing with a partner.
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