Highlights® May 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)
Get ideas of ways to surprise friends and family, and solve a Mother's Day puzzle.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the book, lollipop, and other objects.
Thinking (page 21)
Ponder what's happening at this field day.
Crafts (page 26)
Design a mini piñata, create a jewelry box, and make and play a home-run game.
Muscle Magic Tricks (page 35)
See how your muscles react to these tests.
BrainPlay (page 39)
Tell about the travels of a postage stamp as if it were a news story.
FICTION
Ask Arizona (page 6)
Arizona learns that farm work isn't easy.
Luke's Magical Minutes (page 18)
This boy uses a magical minute granted by a fairy to save the kingdom.
Best-Friend Contest (page 30)
Kim realizes that a competition to choose a best friend is not such a good idea.
NONFICTION
Big Numbers at a Banana-Split Bar (page 9)
See how to use a math trick called factorial.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Pages (page 32)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about coming up with an idea for an affordable Mother's Day gift and having a brother who seems to get all of the attention from parents.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Nature Watch (page 12)
Find out about the lives of cicadas.
Science Corner (page 20)
Learn about preserving food, and look for patterns in nature.
Dino Days (page 20)
"Was Spinosaurus really the longest theropod?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
Science Letters (page 28)
Discover whether lightning can strike the same place twice.
When Kids Hunt Fossils (page 36)
Students dig through dirt to help with scientific research.
SPORTS
Coach Mom (page 16)
Athletes tell what they learned from their mothers.
WORLD CULTURES
Make Way! It's the Children's Parade! (page 24)
These events help people remember how Norway won its freedom.