¡Hang Ten! Surf

Readers find out what it's like for astronauts to eat, sleep, and work on a manned space flight in this adventurous, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Children will discover what it's like to be weightless in zero gravity, how Mission control helps keep astronauts safe, and what astronauts do during their free time through vivid photographs, interesting, informative text, and stimulating facts.

Encourage second grade students to build their Spanish reading comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, and word study skills using daily practice activities. Great for daily checks or homework, teachers and parents can help Spanish-speaking students gain regular practice through these quick, diagnostic-based activities that correlate to College and Career Readiness and other state standards. Includes both fiction and nonfiction reading passages, a convenient answer key, and data-driven assessment tips. With this easy-to-use workbook, students will gain confidence in their reading skills every...

Act out this story of many helpful family, friends, and neighbors! After Mario's family gets in a car accident, his mom breaks her leg! Although she is going to be fine, the family will need a lot of extra help during her time of need. The many helpful characters in this Spanish-translated script give readers a fantastic example of the importance of doing good deeds! This script includes roles written at various reading levels, allowing teachers to implement differentiation strategies. This feature allows teachers to assign each role based on their students' individual reading levels,...

Medio sol amarilloes una novela épica y magistral, que cuestiona el colonialismo, las alianzas étnicas y la responsabilidad moral de un conflicto, el de Nigeria, apoyado por las potencias mundiales. Medio sol amarillorecrea un período de la historia contemporánea de África: la lucha de Biafra por conseguir una república independiente de Nigeria, y la consecuente guerra civil que segó la vida de miles de personas. Con gran empatía y la naturalidad de una narradora comprometida, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recrea la vida de tres personajes atrapados en las turbulencias de la década: el...

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

. Tania está segura de que el chico ideal no existe y de que el tipo de romance con el que tanto sueña solo puede hallarse en los dramas coreanos que ama y eso la hace sentirse muy decepcionada de la vida. Además, su rutina se tambalea cuando la tienda de invitaciones para la que trabaja decide cerrar sin previo aviso. Cuando parece que todo empeorará, la vida de Tania da un giro al recibir sorpresivamente una propuesta para viajar a Corea del Sur, donde no solo visita los escenarios de sus k-dramas favoritos, sino que también conoce a Hayato, un guapo y talentoso joven del que se...

Profiles Phoebe Ann Moses, the star sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show under the name Annie Oakley, who began shooting to help feed her family after her father's death.