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)
Plan a great field trip and solve a puzzle.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the bowl, funnel, and other objects.
BrainPlay (page 39)
How many numbers are on a clock? Are the same numbers on all clocks?
HUMOR
The Timbertoes® (page 26)
Spot finds the coziest place in the room as the family settles down on a chilly autumn evening.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 18)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
REBUS
Pumpkins for Sale (page 34)
Ryan and his family find uses for two unsold pumpkins.
ACTIVITIES
Fun This Month (page 2)
Plan a great field trip and solve a puzzle.
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Picture Puns (page 6)
Figure out what common words or phrases these pictures represent.
Kagome Kagome (page 12)
Play this Japanese game with five or more players.
Backward and Forward (page 12)
Name a palindrome for each of the words listed.
Check...and Double Check (page 12)
Find at least 13 differences in these two pictures.
Hidden Pictures (page 14)
Find the bowl, funnel, and other objects.
Thinking (page 27)
Ponder what's happening in this grocery-store scene.
Crafts (page 28)
Create Pinecone Trolls, design Jack-o'-Lantern Jewelry, and make and play a Bowling Game.
Draw a Cartoon Bear (page 35)
Cartoonist Christopher Hart gives tips on how to draw a cartoon critter.
BrainPlay (page 39)
A sponge absorbs water. Name something that doesn't.
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
To spell out the answer to a riddle, choose the correct statements, collecting letters as you jump to different bones in this puzzle.
FICTION
No Ordinary Frog (page 8)
A frog and a spider figure out how to help one another.
Sit Next to Me (page 30)
Myra musters up the courage to speak to another girl and makes a new friend.
HUMOR
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
The Timbertoes® (page 26)
Spot finds the coziest place in the room as the family settles down on a chilly autumn evening.
Riddles (page 38)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 18)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
You Finished the Story! (page 32)
Readers complete "The Tale of the Five-Nosed Monster."
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers' concerns about a friend who has changed and taking piano lessons.
REBUS
Pumpkins for Sale (page 34)
Ryan and his family find uses for two unsold pumpkins.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Clues in the Skulls (page 10)
See how an animal's skull can tell a lot about how the animal lives — especially what it eats.
My Sci (page 20)
Learn about an amazing anteater and find out why an insect's blood is yellow.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus coughs without covering his mouth; Gallant covers his mouth when he coughs.
The Bear Family (page 13)
The family works together to prepare for emergencies.
VERSE
Three Ghostesses (page 5)
Anglerfish (page 15)
ACTIVITIES
Fun This Month (page 2)
Plan a great field trip and solve a puzzle.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the bowl, funnel, and other objects.
Thinking (page 27)
Ponder what's happening in this grocery-store scene.
Crafts (page 28)
Create Pinecone Trolls, design Jack-o'-Lantern Jewelry, and make and play a Bowling Game.
Draw a Cartoon Bear (page 35)
Cartoonist Christopher Hart gives tips on how to draw a cartoon critter.
BrainPlay (page 39)
Name something that scares you. What makes that fear go away?
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 16)
Arizona and her family have a fun Halloween without candy.
Miguel's Salsa (page 24)
Miguel discovers that his friends are impressed when they see how well he can dance.
Who Stole Gorgonzola? (page 40)
Eliza Ann helps her grandma find her missing gnome and a new friend.
HISTORY
A Game Fit for a President (page 36)
Find out how President Herbert Hoover stayed in shape during his Presidency.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 18)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
You Finished the Story! (page 32)
Readers complete "The Tale of the Five-Nosed Monster."
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers' concerns about a friend who has changed and taking piano lessons.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
My Sci (page 20)
Learn about an amazing anteater and find out why an insect's blood is yellow.
Candy Secrets (page 22)
Try three simple science experiments to discover what's in some candies.
VALUES
One Smooth Kid (page 7)
Eleven-year-old Olivia Rusk is completely bald and proud of it.
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