Star Stuff

Today kids we are going to be learning about stars. Raise your hand if you have ever walked outside and seen a bunch of stars in the sky? Stars can light up a dark sky and they are very pretty to look at. But do you know what stars actually are and how did they get there? If not, we are going to learn about it today! In this book, "Star Stuff" by Stephanie Sisson, it teaches you all about stars. Carl is the main character in this book, he is a young boy who went to the World's Fair 1939 and has been fascinated with stars ever since. In the book it goes through stages in Carl's life. He started out just looking at stars throughout his bedroom window, and ended up going really far in life relating to stars. We will have to read the book to see what happens to Carl! I think this book is a great book for teaching students about stars. I have heard many kids go outside and be so interested in stars and ask so many questions about it. I've even heard children say that they think they are just lights that are put in the sky. This story can teach kids a lot about stars, while keeping their attention. This is also a good story that you could do a lot of lesson plans with. You could have black paper and white paint/markers and have them make their own stars in the sky.