Texanos destacados (Distinguished Texans)

Aprende un montón de cosas sobre la mitología griega con la historia de Ulises. Mientras Ulises, el héroe de la guerra de Troya, se encuentra inmerso en su largo viaje de vuelta a casa, son las mujeres de su vida las que nos cuentan su historia. Penélope, su mujer, Circe la hechicera, la diosa Atenea, la sirena Parténope, la ninfa Calipso y la princesa Nausícaa... Todas ellas unen sus voces para narrarnos historias esenciales de la mitología griega. Además de disfrutar de la lectura, los niños aprenderán sobre episodios y personajes fundamentales de la mitología.

Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. She is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and neighbors. Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. But--click!--when the TV goes off, Sonia is taken back to real-life--the cramped, colorful world of her neighborhood and an...

Each player has his or her own job in soccer and baseball. They each do their part to contribute to the team. Teamwork is also important outside of sports. We use teamwork in our classroom, in our community, and at home with our family. Readers are presented with different scenarios in which young people use teamwork to achieve a certain goal, like when Nicole's neighbor becomes ill, everyone in the neighborhood takes on a job with the goal of helping the sick neighbor. Each spread contains a color photograph that imparts the importance and rewards of working as a team.

Este libro se centra en una propuesta de educación para la ciudadanía para el ámbito escolar, si bien se inscribe en el marco de una escuela abierta a los diferentes entornos y en donde se da una especial vibración ciudadana. Plantea un proyecto de educación para la ciudadanía basado en el desarrollo de determinadas competencias