Learning Task 5: What do you usually imagine? Have you ever
experienced strange things in your classroom? Find out as you read the
story; then, answer the questions that follow. Write your answers in your
notebook.
Walking on the Moon
When I was in Grade 3, I got to take a trip to the moon. I remember
the day like it was yesterday. It was one of the strangest experiences I’d
ever had.
It all started when Miss Reyes, our Grade 3 Science teacher, was
showing a video about the different planets in the solar system. Halfway
through the video, I noticed a sparkling metal disc, about the size of a peso

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coin, lying on the floor. I kept trying to pay attention to the video, but found
myself bending over to pick up the shiny disk that was next to my desk.
As soon as I touched the metal disk, something strange happened.
I wasn’t in the classroom anymore. I was hovering in the air, way above
the school. I could see the whole or rather the rooftops of the whole city.
I was a little nervous, but also pretty excited. What was happening? How
could I be floating?
It was then when I remembered the metal disk I’d picked up from
the floor earlier. Did it I have something to do with the strange things that
were happening to me right now? I opened my palm and looked closely at
the disk. On the disk were these words:
“Floating through the air, like a helium filled balloon, your travels will
not stop, until you reach the moon”
The next thing I knew, I was soaring through space, dodging
satellites and asteroids. Oddly enough, I wasn’t cold and I was able to
breathe just fine. Before I knew it, I was standing on the moon. It was
amazing! It looked very different from the Earth. No trees, water, nor
houses. There wasn’t even any wind .
For each step I took I would bounce way up into the air. Every step
took left a huge footprint in the dust. I had to be careful and make sure
I didn’t jump into a crater because I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get
out. Sometimes I couldn’t even see the bottom. I was bounding over to
something in the distance that looked very out of the place. When I got
there, I realized it was a flag. On the flag were the words: “To go to Earth,
close your eyes and think of what you’ve learned. You will find in no time at
all, you will be returned”. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go back just yet, but
I knew it might get dark soon and I didn’t want to be on the moon by
myself in the dark. I decided to close my eyes and think of the weather and
other characteristics of the moon I’d learned that day.
When I opened my eyes I was sitting on my seat in my Science
classroom. Miss Reyes was turning on the lights because the video was
over. I sat there wondering about what just happened. I opened my hand to
look at the metal disk, but it was gone! Did I really take a trip to the moon
or was it just a dream?
1. Where is the setting of the story?
a. Saturn b. outer space c. a town d. a Science classroom
2. In the sentence, “ I was hovering in the air, way above the school” what
does the word hovering mean?
a. floating b. dreaming c. walking d. jumping
3. Why are the words “Floating through the air, like a helium filled balloon,
your travels will not stop, until you reach the moon” written in italics?
a. The teacher thinks they are important.
b. They are words the student says.
c. They are words from the video.
d. The words on the disk are important.

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4. In which sentence does the word bound have the same meaning as the
sentence “ I was bounding over to something in the distance...”?
a. The sticks were bound in a bundle.
b. The rabbit will bound through the filled.
c. My book was bound at the printers.
d. There is a bound to be a change of plans.
5. Why does the main character NOT know if the trip really happened?
a. The main character was sitting in a desk when the video ended.
b. The metal disk was gone and the main character did not have any
proof.
c. The main character had difficulty remembering the order of events.
d. The solar system video is still being shown.
6. Which event happened first in the story?
a. The main character is hovering above the town.
b. The main character reads the word on the disk
c. The main character picks up a sparkling metal disk.
d. The main character is siting at a desk.
7. What would be another title for the story?
a. The Great Class Field Trip c. The Magic Metal Disk
b. The Living Moon d. The Solar System