Un día en la vida de un bombero (A Day in the Life of a Firefighter) 6-Pack

Integrate science, history, and math into literacy lessons with these high-interest, Spanish-translated books. Topics such as space exploration, endangered animals and money management are designed to engage and inform students. Sophisticated graphics, interactive text features promote critical thinking hand help students build vocabulary and increase visual literacy skills.

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

This nonfiction Spanish-translated reader gives children an in-depth look at what a career as a police officer is like. Readers will learn about various aspects of life as a police officer--from being accepted into the academy to keeping streets safe. Readers will learn what a typical day in the police academy is like as well as a day in the field as an officer. Through helpful charts and diagrams and colorful images in conjunction with informational text and stunning facts, readers discover important aspects of keeping communities safe, including what's inside the patrol car, K-9 units,...

In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. With over 100 black-and- white illustrations, the fascinating story of "the father of our country" comes to life in Spanish - revealing the real man, not just the face on the dollar bill!

Modo jugador se ocupa de las condiciones del videojuego como experiencia para la construcción de conocimiento entre jóvenes urbanos de clase media en la ciudad de Bogotá. Como resultado de su trabajo doctoral, la autora plantea que los videojuegos movilizan formas de conocer que implican una resignificación de la noción misma de habilidades y que conocer, en este contexto, se refiere a una serie de prácticas, acontecimientos y experiencias sensibles, corporales y emocionales que inciden con mucha fuerza en la forma de relacionarse y conocer de quien juega habitualmente y con alto nivel...

Éste es el camino que emprende John a la búsqueda de la isla encantada, que simboliza un deseo misterioso y dulce, y que le lleva a vivir numerosas aventuras con personajes fantásticos y una pizca de magia. Durante el viaje, John aprende de la vida y reflexiona sobre su aprendizaje, y sus reflexiones sirven a C. S. Lewis para hacer una sátira de la filosofía de la época que sigue vigente setenta años después. Elocuente, erudito y a menudo ingenioso, este relato es un clásico que no ha perdido un ápice de actualidad.

Insectos is one book in the Spanish-language Gran Atlas de la Ciencia series that covers today's most popular science topics, from digital TV to microchips to touchscreens and beyond. Perennial subjects in earth science, life science, and physical science are all explored in detail. Amazing graphics--more than 1,000 per title--combined with concise summaries help students understand complex subjects. Correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-9, each title also contains a glossary with full definitions for vocabulary.