July 2006 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
Almanac (page 2)
Learn the word for "hello" in four languages and ponder ways to cool off when it's sizzling.
Thinking (page 8)
Figure out what kinds of things people can do at a county fair.
Hidden Pictures (page 14)
Find the nail, shoe, and other objects.
Check . . . and Double Check (page 19)
Find at least 13 differences in these pictures.
Crafts You Can Make (page 28)
Decorate your bike with stars and streamers, and make and play an ice-cream game.
BrainPlay (page 39)
Can plants move from place to place?
Fractured Fireworks (page 43)
Solve this puzzle.
FICTION
Michael MacGregor Sure Can Snore (page 6)
Find out what this boy's family misses when he is away.
Ask Arizona (page 22)
Arizona struggles with making a decision.
The Cyclops (page 40)
Kyle is surprised when he meets his new friend.
HISTORY
Ben Franklin: Fit for Life (page 26)
This busy man always found time for exercise.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Amusement-Park Rides (page 20)
Kids share their amazing ride designs.
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 giving away toys and keeping a book bag clean.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
No Petting the Orangutans, Please (page 16)
Find out why it's not good to keep an orangutan as a pet.
Science Letters (page 19)
"How do our brains keep all our memories inside?" Senior Science Editor Jack Myers, Ph.D., answers this question.
Science Corner (page 34)
Discover what made the marks on a telephone pole, and learn about popcorn.
Dino Days (page 34)
"If a dinosaur lost a claw, did it get another one?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Nature Watch (page 38)
Conservation efforts help bison survive.
VERSE
With the Game on the Line (page 5)