Highlights® November 2007 Parent/Teacher Guide (Beginning 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 Family Story Month and solve the Corn-Kernel Maze puzzle.

Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.

Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the book, canoe, and other objects.

Make Rangoli! (page 15)
Use colored salt to create these patterns.

Crafts Made By You! (page 20)
Design a stuffed animal, make a bookmark for a friend, and create a one-of-a-kind necklace.

Thinking (page 34)
Ponder what's happening at this fishing port.

BrainPlay (page 39)
Name something that exists now that did not exist when you were born.

Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Try to identify everyday objects from their shadows.

FICTION
Maya's Indian Bread (page 18)
This girl makes her own special bread.

Scaredy-Cat Stephen (page 32)
A student shows how brave he can be.

HUMOR
The Timbertoes® (page 12)
Snack time turns into bath time for Tommy.

Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.

Riddles (page 35)
Kids share their favorite riddles.

NONFICTION Fire Trucks to the Rescue! (page 16)
See how different pieces of equipment are used.

READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Own Stories (page 13)
Kids share stories they wrote.

Your Own Pages (page 28)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.

Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about needing to lose weight and getting a pet hamster.

REBUS
Ostrich Takes Off (page 9)
This ostrich tries to fly.

SCIENCE AND NATURE
Science Corner (page 25)
Figure out which way water swirls down a drain and learn about chipmunks.

Dino Days (page 25)
"Did dinosaurs fight?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.

VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 8)
Goofus hogs the ball. Gallant is a team player.

The Bear Family (page 31)
Piddy learns that there are good and bad times to hurry.

VERSE
November Blessings (page 5)

Fossils (page 35)