Highlights® April 2009 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)
Read poems out loud, and hold a dance party!
Find the Pictures (page 2)
Look for the 10 pictures hidden throughout the issue.
Word-Web Scrambler (page 6)
Solve this puzzle.
Hidden Pictures® (page 14)
Find the bowl, candle, and other objects.
Charoset (page 15)
Make this sweet, apple-walnut specialty eaten during the Jewish holiday of Passover.
Thinking (page 25)
Ponder what's happening at this garden center.
Crafts (page 26)
Make and play Bird Egg Tic-Tac-Toe, create a kite card, and design an animal knickknack box.
Laundry-Basket Theater (page 33)
Stage a play.
Your Best Self (page 38)
This girl remembers to brush her teeth.
BrainPlay (page 39)
List five smells you like.
Picture Puzzler (page 43)
Place these puzzle pieces.
FICTION
The Leaky Robot (page 12)
Mr. Moon realizes that he can use a robot, even though it's not the item that he ordered.
Mandy Takes the Bus (page 34)
This girl makes a new friend when she has to ride the bus.
HUMOR
Jokes (page 15)
Readers relate the best jokes they have heard.
The Timbertoes® (page 29)
This April Fool's joke is on Pa.
Riddles (page 38)
Kids share their favorite riddles.
READERS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Favorite Sounds! (page 10)
Kids describe sounds they like to hear.
Your Own Pages (page 18)
Readers see drawings and poems from their peers all over the world.
Dear Highlights (page 42)
The editors deal with readers concerns about a house fire at night and eating healthy foods.
REBUS
One Day in April (page 21)
Ava celebrates Earth Day.
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Backyard Bunnies (page 16)
See some baby bunnies grow.
Science Corner (page 28)
Try an experiment with salt, and discover how a grasshopper jumps so high.
Dino Days (page 28)
"Was Deinosuchus the fiercest of all prehistoric creatures?" Dino Don Lessem answers this question.
VALUES
Goofus and Gallant® (page 6)
Goofus distracts the bus driver; Gallant checks to make sure the radio won't bother his mom while she's driving.
The Bear Family (page 32)
The cubs help out after their neighbor hurts her foot.
VERSE
"Easter's Coming" (page 5)
"They" (page 11)
"Turtle Trouble" (page 38)