Medida del tiempo en las carreras (Timing Races) (Spanish Version)

Learn about the history of the Olympic Summer Games! This classroom resource helps students learn about how time and measurement relate to hosting the Olympics. Included in this nonfiction text are mathematical graphs and charts to help students develop content-area literacy in mathematics. This Spanish book includes practice problems, a glossary, an index, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to help students build their math and reading skills.

En el acuario (At the Aquarium) engages students in reading about aquariums as they learn how to calculate volume. Volume helps aquarium designers figure out everything from the shapes and sizes of tanks to how much water is needed to fill them. This nonfiction Spanish text includes mathematical charts to help students practice calculations. With a glossary, an index, and easy-to-read text, students will build their math and reading skills while they are engaged in reading high-interest content.

Advances in science have changed our world, all thanks to the scientists behind important discoveries. Some of the most important discoveries have come from female scientists, who were as unique for their work as they were for being trailblazers in a male-dominated industry. This text offers a biographical treatment of such important scientists as Marie Curie, Rachel Carson, and Jane Goodall, as well as others who have made it possible for women of the future to have a career in science. Age-appropriate text, fact boxes, historical and modern images, and a comprehensive timeline complete the...

From Basic Information About Air Pressure To Cloud Formations, This Book Goes On To Explain Violent Weather Conditions And How To Prepare For Them. Also Talks About The Earth's Changing Weather Patterns And Climates And What Role We Play In Those Changes.

Here's another exciting set of sports-themed titles for third- through sixth-grade readers reading at a first-grade level. Help to even out the playing field for your at-risk readers with these sports heroes and hot shots.

Diego Valverde Villena (Lima, 1967). Magíster en Literatura Inglesa y licenciado en Filología Hispánica, Filología Inglesa y Filología Alemana. Ha realizado estudios de doctorado en las universidades de Oxford, Heidelberg, Tubinga, Chicago y Complutense de Madrid. Profesor de literatura en la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés y profesor visitante en universidades europeas y americanas. Sus ensayos recorren la literatura universal, con especial dedicación a la literatura hispanoamericana. Sobre Álvaro Mutis ha publicado Varado entre murallas y gaviotas. Seis entradas en la bitácora de...