Cómo funcionan los juguetes (How Toys Work)

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book focuses on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and...

Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes, oven-fresh bread, and other delicious baked goods in this delightful nonfiction title. Readers will learn how mathematics helps bakers measure their ingredients to make tasteful treats. Featuring vibrant images and charts, informative text, and fun, intriguing facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will leave children fascinated by all the details that go into baking their favorite treats--like doughnuts and cookies! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther. This 6-Pack includes six...

¿Qué valores, comportamiento y actitudes cívicas caracterizan hoy al buen ciudadano o ciudadana? ¿Qué educación requiere la transmisión de valores cívicos? Respuesta a estas y otras preguntas pueden orientar la acción educativa del profesorado de Secundaria, ante el actual reto de educación para la ciudadanía. En este libro se propone una educación en valores cívicos, entre otros, participación, responsabilidad social, diversidad y diálogo, crítica social y solidaria, equidad de género, defensa del medio ambiente y promoción de un desarrollo sostenible.

Hasta el siglo XVIII se impuso el silencio a los navegadores para que las rutas marítimas no fueran descubiertas así salvaguardar los descubrimientos de las naciones más poderosas de quienes buscaban aprovecharse. Isabel Barreto sustituyó a su esposo Álvaro de Mendaña al mando de la expedición hacia las islas Salomón, donde había un grupo de hombres que la rechazaban por ser mujer. Un personaje fuera de serie, valiente y ejemplar que se adelantó a su tiempo. Una apasionante novela que narra las aventuras de Isabel Barreto, la primera mujer que se atrevió a ponerse al mando de un...

Which animals and plants can survive in a dry desert environment? Readers learn about the living things that make up desert food chains, including cacti, snakes, and scorpions. Colorful photographs of desert life make readers feel like they’re exploring new parts of this habitat with each turn of the page. Fact boxes provide additional information about the creatures that make up desert food chains, and a detailed food web shows how these food chains all come together. The desert is an extreme habitat, and readers will enjoy learning about the extreme plants and animals that live there.

Introduce students to what it takes to be a good leader using this Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Engaging, primary source documents and images that support the text will inspire children to practice being a good leader! Early readers will build their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge while learning about leadership.