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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...

In this stimulating, Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will discover the various types of friction--including rolling friction, sliding friction, fluid friction, and static friction--and the huge impact it has on nature, machines, and our lives. In addition, readers are encouraged to perform basic experiments to assist in the understanding of friction, kinetic energy, and water resistance. With real-life examples, colorful images, accommodating graphs and charts, and informational text, this title will inspire and engage children.

LETRAMOLA es un método de lectoescritura de base fonética que se basa en el aprendizaje lúdico. A través de las historias de tres personajes, el hada Lila, la bruja Brufina y el mago Benito, se presentan -mediante el lenguaje narrativo- cada uno de los fonemas, los grupos consonánticos y las letras que se trabajan en los cuadernos. El tratamiento de cada fonema se inicia con el reconocimiento del sonido y su representación gráfica en minúscula y mayúscula para favorecer la discriminación auditiva y visual. El método presenta una secuencia progresiva de los contenidos, se pasa del...

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.