Indígenas de California: Read-Along eBook

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

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 history of California’s Native American tribes: the Tongva, Yokuts, Yana, and Yahi. 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...

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...

Most people use maps every day. But imagine a time when a map of a place didn’t exist. Without a map, how would you get there? How would you know how to get around? Navigate through history as you learn the art, science, history, and importance of making maps. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish STEAM book will ignite a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for makerspaces and that guides students step-by-step through the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections...

Discusses issues that involve dating and premarital sex among young adults and explores the consequences of making bad choices when it comes to promiscuity.

"Deca̕ un poeta espaǫl que, en Nueva York, las estrellas le pareca̕n anuncios luminosos. A m,̕ en cambio, los anuncios luminosos me parecen estrellas, y Nueva York, es, en mi concepto, una ciudad romǹtica, no a pesar de su brutalidad y de su codicia, sino por elas precisamente. Por su brutalidad y su codicia, por su estridencia, por su violencia, por su culto de las cats̀trofes, por su sacrificio constante del pasado y del porvenir al momento presente, por la organizacin̤ comercial de sus crm̕enes y la organizacin̤ criminal de sus negocios, por su clima contradictorio, desmesurado e...

Finales de los años noventa. La policía danesa encuentra en una casa de veraneo los cadáveres de dos hermanos que han sido brutalmente asesinados. Las sospechas recaen sobre unos jóvenes de buena familia, conocidos por su afición a la violencia. Tiempo después, uno de ellos se entrega y confiesa el crimen. Sin embargo, veinte años más tarde, los archivos del caso aparecen en el Departamento Q. ¿Qué oscuros secretos esconde aún el círculo de amigos? ¿Cuál es el paradero de la enigmática mujer de los mil rostros, la única mujer del grupo?

A giant, spinning storm forms over the ocean. People living on the coast start to flee inland for safety. Once the storm makes landfall, heavy rains and fast-moving winds knock down trees and destroy homes. In this captivating introduction to hurricanes, early readers will be swept up in the dramatic text that describes the first signs of a hurricane, its destructive power, and, most importantly, how to stay safe from a hurricane’s devastating winds and rains. Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. Stunning photos closely ...