June 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)
Design a roller coaster and solve a puzzle.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the pencil, funnel, and other objects.
Thinking (page 19)
Ponder what you can discover at a natural history museum.
Crafts (page 26)
Create a Father's Day coat of arms, design a picnic-party invitation, and develop a way to send secret messages.
BrainPlay (page 41)
Name something that lasts a long time. Name something that doesn't.
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
See how many differences you can find in these two pictures.
FICTION
Hector: King of the Barnyard (page 6)
This rooster realizes that his best role is protecting the hens.
The Private I's and the Case of the Green Ghost (page 32)
Three sisters work together to solve a mystery.
HUMOR
The Timbertoes® (page 13)
The family celebrates Pa's Day.
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
Riddles (page 40)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
What Are Your Favorite Books? (page 12)
Kids write about books they enjoyed.
What Would You Take to Outer Space? (page 24)
Kids tell what they would pack for a space adventure.
Your Own Pages (page 34)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about wanting to get taller and remembering to pick up dirty clothes.
REBUS
Christina's Glasses (page 30)
This girl finds that glasses are a good thing.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 36)
Find out why rice gets bigger as it cooks, and discover why it's best not to touch poison ivy.
Dino Days (page 36)
"How did dinosaur footprints stay the way they are without eroding?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 8)
Goofus dips again after taking a bite of his snack. Gallant dips only once.
The Bear Family (page 37)
Piddy learns not to scream when playing.
VERSE
How to Shake Hands with an Octopus (page 5)