¡Todos a bordo! Cómo funcionan los trenes (All Aboard! How Trains Work)

Take a trip to New Orleans with a young girl and her family as they attend one of the world's biggest parties: Mardi Gras! Learn all about the history of this fascinating festival as you practice subtraction strategies. This Spanish math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, engaging sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning subtraction strategies relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading...

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. Students will learn about the culture, history, and distinctive features of the Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche, Pawnee, Osage, Omaha, and Crow tribes. 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. ...

Climb aboard for a journey into the world of trains! In this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title, readers learn about the history of trains, the different uses for them, and the different types and parts including freight cars, box cars, passenger cars, and the caboose. With detailed photos, informative text, and intriguing facts, this book will have readers delighted from cover to cover!

Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this beloved children's story about a boy and his dog. This instructional guide for literature provides engaging activities in Spanish that incorporate these research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks; text-based vocabulary practice; cross-curricular activities; text-dependent questions; reader response writing prompts; leveled comprehension questions; story elements comprehension tasks. Strengthen English language learners' literacy skills by...

Learn how technology has improved lighthouses over time with this book that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems.

¿Sabrías qué alimentos elegir? ¿Cómo hacer fuego con un paquete de chicles? ¿Cocinar una pizza con una caja de zapatos? ¿Convertir un clip en una auténtica brújula? ¿Usar tu propia orina para hacer una pila? ¿Calcular la hora con un simple palo? En esta guía encontrarás los trucos más locos de supervivencia: cocinar en un vaso de cartón, vivir en una casa flotante e incluso fabricar tu propia lavadora portátil... ¡No hay límites! Aunque si lo que buscas es divertirte, también te enseñamos un montón de gamberradas que hacer con los zombis, como ponerles una cabeza de...

Fernando de Artacho y Pérez Blázquez (Sevilla, 1960). Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Sevilla y abogado, realizó los cursos de doctorado en Historia y en Ciencias Políticas. Es Diplomado en Genealogía, Heráldica y Nobiliaria por el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Colaborador en revistas especializadas y medios de comunicación escritos, ha publicado más de media docena de libros, entre los que destacan: Manuscrito sevillano, Los Caballeros Veinticuatro del Puerto de Santa María, Padrón de Nobles e Hijosdalgos de la ciudad de Sevilla en el siglo XVIII,...

The ancient Polynesians were amazing navigators who traversed the Pacific Ocean and settled in its many islands. How did they travel such extreme distances and know where they were going without the use of modern technology like smartphones, satellites, or even magnetic compasses to guide them? Learn the answer to these questions in this Spanish book that uses real-world examples to illustrate science concepts. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics. Packed with factoids and ...