January 2008 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)
Solve a picture puzzle and get some ideas to start the new year.
Fukuwarai: A Japanese Game (page 10)
Enjoy this game that is played at the new year.
Many Moons, Many Names (page 11)
Look at the moon each night and pay attention to what's happening around you in nature.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the cupcake, fish, and other objects.
Crafts (page 20)
Make a decorative bowl with yarn, create some balls to juggle, and design a memo board.
Stormy-Day Garage Games (page 32)
Try these indoor games.
Thinking (page 34)
Ponder what all is located in this high-rise.
BrainPlay (page 39)
What makes a cartoon or comic strip different from other artwork?
FICTION
The Most Valuable Treasure (page 12)
Halvor discovers that he is his mother's most valuable treasure.
Ask Arizona (page 22)
Arizona and Ollie accidentally make a mess while trying to create a birthday present for Arizona's mom.
Mei Mei (page 40)
Amanda learns how to overcome a language barrier and relate to her newly adopted sister.
HISTORY
Peale's Marvelous Parade (page 26)
Philadelphians witnessed this amazing sight in 1794.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
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 being embarrassed to read in front of the class and having trouble looking up words in a dictionary.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 18)
See why many stone walls are found in the woods and learn how popcorn pops.
Dino Days (page 18)
"How did raptors attack their prey?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Science Letters (page 24)
Discover how ocean waves are made.
Nature Watch (page 30)
Learn about Juncos.
Robot on Ice (page 36)
Scientists used this robot to find meteorites on Antarctic ice fields.