November 2006 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)
Solve a puzzle and think of ways to give thanks for the harvest.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Rhinos, Polar Bears, and Birds--Oh, My! (page 7)
Stretch and hold poses to improve your concentration, strength, flexibility, and balance.
Hidden Pictures (page 14)
Find the carrot, bell, and other objects.
Thinking (page 20)
Ponder what you can see and do in a museum.
Shopping Spree (page 21)
Solve this puzzle.
Yummy Soft Banana Cookies (page 24)
Bake this tasty treat.
Crafts (page 28)
Design a dragon to guard your treasure, and make a turkey table decoration.
Check . . . and Double Check (page 36)
Find at least 13 differences in these pictures.
BrainPlay (page 40)
Name some things that help you feel calm or relaxed.
ARTS
An Artist's Playground (page 16)
See some sculptures that were built for kids to climb.
FICTION
Signed, Sealed, and Sorry (page 22)
This uninvited guest replaces the chair she broke.
The Farmer and the Fox (page 34)
A fox learns a lot about people.
HUMOR
The Timbertoes (page 11)
See how each of the family members gives in his or her own way.
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
Riddles (page 24)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 32)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Creatures Nobody Has Ever Seen! (page 37)
Kids share their ideas and drawings.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about forgetting to take homework home and having two friends who talk at the same time.
REBUS
Little Bear Lost (page 31)
Frog helps this young bear find his way home.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 30)
Do a melting-ice experiment, and find out how bees stay warm in the winter.
Dino Days (page 30)
"Did any dinosaurs have webbed feet?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus makes noise when others are sleeping; Gallant is considerate of others.
The Bear Family (page 41)
The cubs learn about a balanced diet.
VERSE
A Round of Thanks (page 5)
Puzzle (page 15)