January 2007 Independent 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)
Discover the Arctic animals in a puzzle, and try some body teasers.
Hidden Pictures (page 14)
Find the comb, feather, and other objects.
Crafts (page 26)
Make mix-and-match magnet pals, create a game to choose chores, and design invitations for a theme party.
Thinking (page 37)
Ponder what's happening in this snow-sculpture-making scene.
BrainPlay (page 41)
What happens inside a piano to make the sound?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Find at least 10 mistakes in this map.
ARTS
Color the Moon (page 22)
This astronaut-turned-artist puts moon dust in his paintings.
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 6)
Arizona finds that a singing voice can be improved.
The Great Animal Trainer (page 18)
This boy tries to figure out his new pet cat.
Three Tracks in the Snow (page 24)
Angela finds a new way to fly.
HISTORY
Elizabeth Jennings Takes a Stand (page 30)
A young black schoolteacher refuses to get off a whites-only trolley and changes history.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
You're the Cartoonist! (page 16)
Kids share artwork they created for cartoon captions.
Your Own Pages (page 32)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about people copying jokes and not being able to keep a secret about a present.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Nathan's Pet Snails (page 12)
This boy solved a mystery about snails.
Science Corner (page 28)
Try an experiment, and learn why hot drinks become cold.
Dino Days (page 28)
"Do you know why Spinosaurus had a huge sail on its back?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Science Letters (page 35)
"Why is there no gravity out in space?" Senior Science Editor Jack Myers, Ph.D., answers this question.
VALUES
Singing Big and Loud (page 40)
This opera singer discovered that his future depended on what some people once saw as his biggest flaw.