August 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)
Try a tongue twister and have an archaeology party.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
The Cedars Are Scared! (page 10)
Decipher anagrams to figure out the original sayings.
Thinking (page 11)
Ponder what's happening at this Renaissance Fair.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the nail, sock, and other objects.
Crafts (page 30)
Make a big checkers set, design a daisy note-holder, and create some cute scrub bugs.
Make-It, Take-It Traveling Scrapbook (page 36)
This project can help keep souvenirs safe.
BrainPlay (page 41)
If your family had a team, what would its symbol be?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Figure out which bears can reach the finish line, and count the number of eights in the illustration.
FICTION
The Case of the Purple Party Paper (page 12)
Pig helps Duck find a missing party invitation.
Going Clamming (page 26)
Jacob discovers treasures of his own while clamming with his new stepmom.
HUMOR
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
The Timbertoes® (page 28)
Splinter misses Mabel's party.
Riddles (page 40)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
NONFICTION
Doctor Dog (page 8)
See how this canine helps kids who are sick or injured.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 24)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Your Alphabet Animals (page 37)
Kids devised these ways to form animals using only letters of the alphabet.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about liking a different team than friends like, and being teased about having a friend of the opposite gender.
REBUS
Dragonflies (page 35)
This girl finds that dragonflies are like silent helicopters darting through the sky.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 34)
Think about how different materials are used, and learn why horses wear metal shoes.
Dino Days (page 34)
"Where and when did the dinosaurs meet?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
The Bear Family (page 19)
Woozy discovers it's fun to write stories, even if she doesn't win the contest.
Goofus and Gallant® (page 20)
Goofus tries to get close to wildlife. Gallant watches wildlife from a distance.
Your Best Self (page 40)
A girl shares the responsibility of having a pet.
VERSE
Burning Bright (page 5)
Brand-New Holiday (page 15)