El gato

Learn about the Victorian era while building your knowledge of equivalent fractions! Students will learn fractions while engaged in reading about the innovations of the Victorian era. This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts 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 make learning math easy, practical, and fun. The Explore Math sidebars and Math...

Los refranes son sentencias cortas que nos acompañan a lo largo de nuestra vida. Los oímos continuamente en una conversación casual, una exposición formal, un consejo fraterno o un reproche hostil. Breves pero significativos, muchas veces resuelven situaciones confusas o absurdas. Por eso, son considerados como proverbios indiscutibles que, a pesar de desconocer su origen, se repiten una y otra vez, sin cuestionar su contenido o su forma. La sabiduría popular y los refranes siempre han ido de la mano. Myriam Rodríguez y Javier Correa, autores del libro, utilizan los refranes como excusa ...

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow,...

Discusses the physical characteristics of great white sharks that combine to make them such able predators.