November 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)
Celebrate Family Story Month and solve the Corn-Kernel Maze puzzle.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the book, canoe, and other objects.
Crafts Made By You! (page 20)
Design a stuffed animal, make a bookmark for a friend, and create a one-of-a-kind necklace.
Seven Clever Pieces (page 24)
Make your own tangram.
Thinking (page 34)
Ponder what's happening at this fishing port.
BrainPlay (page 39)
Why is it difficult to predict the weather precisely?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Try to identify everyday objects from their shadows.
ARTS
Carving Stories in Cedar (page 36)
See how totem poles carved by the Tlingit people help preserve their culture.
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 6)
Arizona learns that not winning doesn't make a person a loser.
Danger on Thin Ice (page 22)
A.J. saves a calf.
Thankful After All (page 40)
Avery is surprised to find the many things for which she is thankful.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Stories (page 13)
Kids share stories they wrote.
Your Own Pages (page 28)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about needing to lose weight and getting a pet hamster.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Raising Gorilla Babies (page 10)
See how zookeepers help these babies.
Science Corner (page 25)
Figure out which way water swirls down a drain and
learn about chipmunks.
Dino Days (page 25)
"Did dinosaurs fight?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Science Letters (page 30)
Find out where the northern lights come from.
Nature Watch (page 38)
Learn about the wood rat.
SPORTS
Follow the Racer (page 26)
See a skier's winning form.