Trabajadores de mi escuela (Workers at My School)

Dar las gracias (Giving Thanks) uses intriguing primary sources to teach students about the first Thanksgiving along with modern-day celebrations of Thanksgiving. The clear, descriptive images and simple 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.

Featuring TIME For Kids content, Mi fiesta de cumpleaños (My Birthday Party) teaches students the following math concepts: quantities, less than, greater than, and equal to. This Spanish text is aligned to standards and can be used in the classroom or at home. Young students will develop their math and oral language skills as they view the pictures to determine the appropriate quantities and use their own words to describe what is happening.

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.

Trabajadores de mi ciudad (Workers in My City) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on different types of workers, children will be introduced to the people who work hard in the city. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different types of city workers. Aligned with state standards, Trabajadores de mi ciudad (Workers...

Describes which animals are loud and which are quiet, including such creatures as cicadas, whales, mice, and fish.

The Spanish edition of our popular free-verse biography of America's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. El 8 de agosto de 2009, Sonia Sotomayor se convirtió en la primera jueza hispana de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos y en la tercera mujer al servicio de la Corte. En versos libres elegantes, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand describe la trayectoria extraordinaria de Sonia Sotomayor desde su juventud en los proyectos cercanos al Yankee Stadium y sus logros académicos estelares en las universidades de la Ivy League hasta su rápido ascenso en la profesión de abogada. Cuando la confirmaron...

Firme alegato contra la sociedad patriarcal tradicional, EL SOMETIMIENTO DE LA MUJER es uno de los textos que sentaron las bases de la emancipación de la mujer y su incorporación a la sociedad civil en pie de igualdad con el varón, y que habría de ver sus mayores logros –cuando menos sobre el papel– en el siglo xx. Compuesto por JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873) entre 1860 y 1861 con la participación de su hijastra Helen Taylor, decidida activista a favor del sufragio femenino y de los derechos de la mujer, lo que da a este ensayo su valor de universalidad y permanencia –nos dice Carlos ...

"Una nina humilde, timida y callada llego a convertirse en una gran escritora. Que tan grande? Fue el primer latinoamericano que recibio el Nobel de Literatura, el premio mas importante que se entrega a los autores en todo el mundo! Quieres conocer a Gabriela Mistral? Abre este libro y empieza a leer!"--P. [4] of cover.