April 2008 Beginning Readers Guide
Looking for opportunities to help your students learn with Highlights? This monthly guide to the magazine will help you find stories and activities that suit your students' reading level.
ACTIVITIES
Fun This Month (page 2)
Solve a party code and think of ways to love the earth.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the spoon, stocking, and other objects.
Fix the Flag Mix-up (page 18)
Solve this puzzle.
Thinking (page 24)
Ponder what's happening in this Washington, D.C., scene.
Crafts (page 32)
Design a goldfish windsock, create beautiful butterflies, and make and play a pizza game.
Check . . . and Double Check (page 38)
Find 12 differences in these pictures.
BrainPlay (page 39)
Tell three places where you might see a clock.
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Identify these mystery photos.
FICTION
Bungle Bear's Burnt Toast (page 12)
This cub's bad luck results in good things happening after all.
Passover Sleepover (page 26)
Brian is reluctant at first, but then finds that it is fun to share some of his family's Jewish traditions with a friend.
HUMOR
Riddles (page 8)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
The Timbertoes® (page 9)
The family finds that Pa isn't really pulling an April Fools' Day prank.
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Oops, I Goofed! (page 22)
Kids share some silly moments.
Your Own Pages (page 28)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about inventions that don't work and forgetting to take care of a pet.
REBUS
Good Morning, Good Night! (page 31)
The robin and the owl find that they prefer different times of the day.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 34)
Find out why the Hoover Dam is curved, and learn why a puffer fish blows up like a balloon.
Dino Days (page 34)
"When you find fossils, how do you know which dinosaur left the print?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Surrounded by Food (page 40)
Melissa Lehman enjoys living and working on a farm.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 18)
Goofus says he doesn't need to practice the piano; Gallant prepares for his music lessons.
The Bear Family (page 35)
Piddy finds a way to help in the community garden.
VERSE
Blue-Butterfly Day (page 5)
Soccer Glory (page 15)