Highlights® February 2008 Parent/Teacher Guide (Independent Readers)
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 Pay-a-Compliment Day and find your way through a maze.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the bird, party hat, and other objects.
Crafts (page 32)
Make a gumball-machine magnet, design a treasure chest and map, and create a Valentine mask.
Thinking (page 35)
Ponder what's happening is this street-market scene.
BrainPlay (page 39)
In what ways can you tell that time is passing?
ARTS
The Great Snow-Sculpture Contest (page 16)
Check out these frosty works of art.
FICTION
The Mystery of the Ghost in the Wall (page 6)
Alice solves a mystery for Billy.
Ask Arizona (page 20)
Arizona realizes that she shouldn't get so upset when her young brother and sister copy what she does.
All About Arizona (page 22)
Learn more about this favorite character.
The Skating Lesson (page 31)
Mom gets some encouragement from her son.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
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 helping out in the community and jumping rope.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Can Dolphins Do Math? (page 10)
Learn why dolphins might need basic math skills.
Science Letters (page 18)
Discover whether insects sneeze, cough, or hiccup.
Find the Crescent Moon (page 26)
See the moon at this stage.
Science Corner (page 30)
Figure out which plants stay green in the winter and find out what makes hail.
Dino Days (page 30)
"Could dinosaurs breathe fire?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
SPORTS
Stopping for Olympic Gold (page 36)
John Wooddruff earned his "Long John" nickname for his 9-foot running stride.
VALUES
Gallant Kids: E.J. Richardson (page 9)
This boy teaches others about the animals and exhibits in a natural history museum.