Una ciudad que se hunde: Read-Along eBook

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 biography focuses on the life and times of Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. 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 ...

Learn how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built with this Spanish nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a glossary, an additional project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book describes the many ways individuals can make changes in their communities. It also covers essential civics topics such as leadership and voting, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore voting, local...

Inka rulers led a huge empire with grand palaces. They had incredible riches. Artists made statues out of gold and silver. The Inka also made masterpieces out of grass. Their grass bridges crossed deep canyons. These engineering marvels let soldiers and messengers travel around the empire. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering...

Junípero Serra was an influential Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. His impact on California is still felt-and debated-today. Introduce students to his life with this nonfiction biography that builds students' reading skills and promotes social studies content literacy. The dynamic primary source maps, letters, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state...

Texas has long been associated with two main industries: cattle and oil. Learning about these businesses is valuable as their development coincides with the growth of the state of Texas, and a boon in America’s economy as well. Additional features, such as an interactive reader response panel, make this topic a joy to explore.

Actividades creativas para la educacion infantil; Animales; La coleccion Manitas creativas es un magnifico instrumento pedagogico para maestros y tutores dedicados a trabajar en el campo de la expresion plastica con ninos y ninas de 3 a 5 anos. Las manualidades propuestas abarcan conceptualmente cinco de los temas mas importantes del entorno del nino: casa y escuela, el cuerpo, animales, transporte y comunicacion, y oficios. Cada uno de los cinco libros presenta ideas para la realizacion de ejercicios de plastica que pueden llevarse a cabo en diferentes sesiones, con las indicaciones paso a...

El reto que plantea una enseñanza de competencias para la vida presenta dos desafíos: el de la necesidad de que los contenidos de aprendizaje sean aprendidos de manera funcional y el de la introducción de contenidos relacionados con el ámbito personal, interpersonal y social. Teniendo en cuenta estas premisas, se han seleccionado diez métodos con el objetivo de dar una visión global de las diferentes posibilidades de afrontar los procesos de enseñanza en el aula. Para cada uno de los métodos se revisa su evolución, las competencias máss adecuadas y las pautas para aplicarlos en el...

Cinematergrafía nos invita a reprensar la maternidad y sus representaciones en un corpus narrativo diverso, que recoge obras literarias y fílmicas, y abraza los años posteriores a la muerte de Franco. Con habilidad y un cuidadoso análisis, María José Gámez Fuentes muestra tanto las tensiones no evidentes del discurso representacional como esas continuidades existentes entre las narrativas de la dictadura y posteriores. Así, rescata a las madres del papel de meras ejecutoras de la ideología franquista, para poner de manifiesto la importante función que desempeñan en la construcción ...