July 2007 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)
Get ideas for fun things to do when it's sizzling outside and try a tongue twister.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Barbecue Confusion (page 10)
Solve this puzzle.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the candle, pencil, and other objects.
Crafts (page 20)
Design an adventure staff and create a watermelon card that rocks.
Thinking (page 24)
Ponder what's happening in this rest-stop scene.
Detective Duncan's Coded Clue (page 28)
Decode this message.
BrainPlay (page 39)
What would be different if hair didn't grow?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Find the differences between these two scenes.
FICTION
The King, the Prince, and the Plane (page 7)
In this wordless story, father and son find a creative way to retrieve a toy plane that has flown into a dangerous spot.
Bedtime (page 25)
Puppy discovers a way to get onto his new pillow.
The Birthday Wish (page 40)
Peter realizes that it's no fun when every day is his birthday.
HUMOR
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
Riddles (page 28)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
The Timbertoes® (page 29)
Pa fixes everything, except the leaky roof.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
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 playing video games too much and not getting gifts from a friend.
REBUS
The Best Spot (page 19)
Spider finally locates a good place for her web.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Copycat Elephants (page 12)
See what elephants and parrots have in common.
Science Corner (page 34)
Discover why koalas sleep so much and see what causes giant shadows on mountains.
Dino Days (page 34)
"Why do paleontologists use jackhammers to get to the bones? Couldn't that damage the bones?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus forgets to wear sunblock; Gallant protects his skin from the sun.
The Bear Family (page 35)
The cubs learn how to save energy.
VERSE
The Flag Goes By (page 5)
Sandplay (page 15)