September 2007 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)
Get ideas for things to do when the leaves fall, and solve the "September Scramble" puzzle.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Hidden Pictures (page 14)
Find the needle, hammer, and other objects.
Zippy Shipping (page 26)
Solve this puzzle.
Crafts (page 30)
Create a mini theater, design a drum, and make and play a catapult game.
Tic-Tac-Toes (page 36)
Figure out which foot on the left matches each animal silhouette on the right.
Thinking (page 37)
Ponder what's happening in this powwow scene.
BrainPlay (page 41)
What is your favorite story about when you were younger?
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Figure out the capital cities depicted in this puzzle.
FICTION
Color Crazy (page 12)
Patty's classmates find that it's fun to use different colors in their artwork.
Porcupine's Party Favors (page 38)
This friend averts a birthday-party cupcake disaster.
HUMOR
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
The Timbertoes (page 35)
See how nothing is wasted at the Timbertoes' house.
Riddles (page 36)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
NONFICTION
The Biggest Trucks in the World (page 22)
See trucks that can carry two buses and two pickup trucks at the same time.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
What Are Your Favorite Books? (page 10)
Kids write about books they enjoy.
Your Own Pages (page 24)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about being shy and wanting a public ice rink to be open in the summer.
REBUS
Happy Birthday, Maria (page 21)
This girl writes thank-you notes for her gifts.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 27)
Try a quick brain challenge and learn about squirrels.
Dino Days (page 27)
"How many dinosaurs lived in the water?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus changes the channel without asking. Gallant asks for permission.
The Bear Family (page 11)
The cubs think of ways to spend time with their elders on Grandparents Day and throughout the year.
VERSE
The Apple (page 5)
"Junk" Drawer (page 15)