September 2006 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
Almanac (page 2)
Learn about Rosh Hashanah, the first hot-air balloon flight with passengers, and an international powwow.
Thinking (page 9)
Ponder what's happening in this baseball-game scene.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the teacup, golf club, and other objects.
Crafts (page 30)
Design a dancing-bird puppet and make prints from Styrofoam trays.
BrainPlay (page 39)
What makes tongue twisters difficult to say?
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 10)
Ollie and Arizona earn money to buy a skateboard ramp.
The Jobo Tree (page 22)
Two girls learn that there are many ways in which people can help one another.
The Real Light of Ramadan (page 26)
Ayasha realizes the importance of forgiveness and family.
NONFICTION
What I Learned from Yogi (page 25)
Paul Schullery shares what he learned as a young park ranger.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Dream Vacations (page 12)
Kids tell about places they would like to visit.
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 making new friends and getting along with younger siblings.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Quick-Thinking Meerkats (page 16)
Scientists study how these critters figure out problems.
Science Letters (page 20)
"Why do balloons run out of air?" Senior Science Editor Jack Myers, Ph.D., answers this question.
Science Corner (page 29)
Learn about the best time to observe the moon and discover why clouds are always changing.
Dino Days (page 29)
"How many dinosaurs had feathers?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VERSE
Recess (page 5)
Chew Toys (page 15)
WORLD CULTURES
Scraping the Sky (page 36)
Participants build castles out of people, not bricks, at this Spanish festival.