Exploremos las rocas metamórficas (Exploring Metamorphic Rocks)

The rock cycle has been taking place for millions of years. However, geologists have only known about this phenomenon for about 300 years. Young terrestrial explorers are introduced to different types of rocks, where in the cycle these rocks fit, and where in Earth's layers each step takes place. Fact boxes provide readers with fun additional information. A diagram helps readers make sense of the new information they're learning.

When winter hits, many people in colder climates spend most of their time indoors. But what do wild animals do? Some animals spend winters hibernating. Beginning readers will learn what hibernation is, why some animals hibernate and others don't, and how hibernating animals prepare for their long sleep. Full-color photographs grab readers' attention and allow them to draw connections to the narrative. Readers will love learning about this mysterious, restful time in some animals' lives.

Although Earth is mostly made up of igneous and metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock covers about 75 percent of Earth's land surface. This means it's the most visible kind of rock on Earth. Sedimentary rocks form when sediment accumulates and compacts. Your readers will learn how sedimentary rocks form, the different types of sedimentary rocks, and how people use sedimentary rocks. Fun fact boxes provide readers with additional information. A helpful diagram illustrates how sedimentary rocks form.

An incessant journey through the imagination that forms in the world of a child when immersed in letters, words and books. A small girl walks among the words that form the classic childhood stories to tag along with a boy, so he can enter into the woods of imagination and provoke the pleasure for reading. With a poetic and evocative language, the authors make a profound reflection on the importance of reading in the formation of an individual.

This book uses intriguing primary sources to introduce students to the life of George Washington. The detailed, authentic images and simple, repetitive phrases will engage students in reading and build their social studies content knowledge. For use in the classroom or at home, this Spanish book includes a simple glossary and index to introduce informational text features to young readers and provide additional reading support.

Worksheets designed for use in Spanish immersion classrooms, as a supplement for parents to use with their children for extra practice, or for use by any classroom teacher who wishes to incorporate Spanish instruction in the classroom in the curriculum areas of language arts, math, social studies, and science.

Su obra, desbordante de contenido humano y de una frescura rítmica inimitable, sitúa a este autor cubano entre los más grandes poetas en lengua española.