Last week I was reading a non-fiction book to the kids about rain and before I knew it the students were asking all sorts of amazing questions about the natural world. I soon discovered many of the questions they had were about the sun. To capitalize on this spontaneous interest I went to the library and checked out all the non-fiction books on the sun that I could find. I wrote "The Sun" on the board and told the kids that in their free time they were welcome to find facts about the sun that interested them and record the facts on the board. In no time at all the board was full and a handful of students decided to make their own research reports on the sun! Since then a few students have asked me to help them find more non-fiction books about the Solar System and a few have asked for books about elephants. I can't wait to see where their personal interests lead them next!
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