Goose & Moose 5-Part Literacy Series Northern Alberta Edition

The Giggling Goose & Muddy Moose Literacy Passages are designed to capture how students identify, interpret, and connect ideas. 

Skill Focus: Identify and Interpret Ideas & Details · Making Connections · Interpret Text Organization · Associate Meaning · Evaluate

Description: These passages invite readers into a quiet, reflective narrative where small discoveries grow into moments of understanding. Set within a nature-connected context familiar to students in Northern Alberta, this passage encourages learners to notice, infer, and interpret details as they unfold over time.

Designed as part of the Rooted in Reading, Growing in Understanding series, this resource provides educators with a consistent structure for formative literacy assessment and both pre- and post-evaluation of comprehension skills.

When used as a pre-evaluation, the passage helps educators identify each student’s starting point—revealing strengths, unfinished learning, and instructional priorities across key comprehension strands such as identifying ideas, making inferences, interpreting text structure, and connecting details.

When used again as a post-evaluation, it allows educators to measure growth, reflect on instructional impact, and plan next steps for continued development.

Students encounter:

🪶 Word Nest – six contextual vocabulary words that deepen comprehension

🪶 Feathered Inquiries – five skill-aligned multiple-choice comprehension questions

🪶 Muddy Musings – a reflective writing extension that builds personal connection and expressive thought.

The accompanying Teacher Key includes an answer guide, skill alignment chart, and a 4-point rubric to support observation, feedback, and instructional planning.

Together, these tools enable educators to monitor progress over time and respond purposefully to each learner’s comprehension development.