March 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)
Solve a Jump-Rope Jumble puzzle, and find out where these hoodoos rock formations are found.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the pencil, heart, and other objects.
Thinking (page 19)
See what's happening in this Statue of Liberty scene.
Crafts (page 30)
Make and carry a ladybug pouch, design and use a mini greenhouse, and create and play a naming game.
BrainPlay (page 39)
Name some materials you wouldn't want to use to make building blocks.
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Play the game and solve a puzzle on this page.
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 6)
Arizona realizes that it's OK to keep some things private.
Fly on the Windshield (page 13)
This boy spots a fly that refuses to be blown away as the car moves.
The Legend of Giants Causeway (page 40)
Mrs. McCool's quick thinking helps her husband avoid a battle.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your School Stories (page 20)
Students share some memories from school.
Your Own Pages (page 26)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about daydreaming and how to keep from missing a sibling who is going to college.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Do You Speak Prairie Dog? (page 10)
Learn how these creatures communicate.
Science Letters (page 18)
"How do fingernails grow?" Senior Science Editor Jack Myers, Ph.D., answers this question.
Science Corner (page 34)
See why lions have manes, and discover what kind of animal built a big mound.
Dino Days (page 34)
"How big was a raptor?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
SPORTS
How to Shoot a Basketball (page 16)
See how to get your form right.
WORLD CULTURES
The Tallest Kid in the Lunch Line (page 24)
Find out why this 12-year-old boy is so happy to attend school, even if his classmates are preschoolers.