La hora de la verdad: Animales alfa (Showdown: Alpha Animals)

Tackle today’s toughest races while learning fractions! Marvel as contestants around the world climb, crawl, run, and jump through the world’s toughest marathons and obstacle courses. This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. Students will learn fractions while engaged in reading high-interest content. The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts, and the full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts...

A trip to Comic-Con becomes an adventure in learning division! Join Zach as he travels to San Diego to attend his very first comic book convention. Along the way, learn about the history of comic books and comic book conventions, and meet the dedicated fans who make Comic-Con one of the most widely attended comic book conventions in the world. This book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, math charts and diagrams, sidebars, and practice problems make learning division relevant and fun. Text...

Bacteria have a slimy reputation. They're too small to see with the human eye, so it's easy to let them slip past unnoticed. But, bacteria are part of our daily lives. In fact, they affect everything from milk to our moods. Get ready to zoom in on the hidden world of bacteria and explore the many ways that bacteria are being used in the modern world. This nonfiction reader seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach multiplication of mixed numbers. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build...

Students will learn all about geometric shapes while engaged in reading about Greek Gods and Goddesses, mythology, and the constellations. This Spanish book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their...

Bernardino de Sahagún recopiló un inmenso caudal de datos que conforman la edición de su Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva España. En estas páginas, extraídas de aquella monumental obra, se muestran las supersticiones y convicciones, los días y sus significados entre los antiguos mexicanos.

El Presente diario inicia así una serie de escrituras íntimas, donde la transgresión es concebida como un efusivo estado de ánimo y el único éxito, en palabras de su autor, es “seguir escribiendo”. La violencia de algunos tramos del mismo va en musical sintonía con la comicidad de otros, y el único tiempo vivido es el del aprendizaje del artista cachorro, de sus risas y fantasmas, junto al completo desenvolvimiento de la pasión amorosa, en todo su esplendor, siempre ilativa a su vida literaria.

Este libro –cuenta William H. Hodgson en su introducción a «Los piratas fantasmas»– puede ser considerado el último de un grupo de tres. El primero se publicó bajo el título de «Los botes del “Glen Carrig”»; el segundo, como «La casa en el confín de la Tierra»; por fin, este tercero, completa lo que, quizá, pueda ser considerado una trilogía; pues, aun cuando los tres difieren mucho en los contenidos, todos ellos coinciden en una determinada forma de tratar unos conceptos elementales. Con este libro, el autor cree que cierra una puerta, en cuanto a lo que a él concierne, ...

This book is a comprehensive, practical presentation of the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application. It teaches forms of behavior modification ranging from helping children learn necessary life skills to training pets, to solving personal behavior problems.