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Junípero Serra was an influential Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. His impact on California is still felt-and debated-today. Introduce students to his life with this nonfiction biography that builds students' reading skills and promotes social studies content literacy. The dynamic primary source maps, letters, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state...

In the United States, the ability to take informed action is becoming increasingly necessary, and difficult. This book delves into the importance of being informed and explains how not all sources of information are equal. Readers are introduced to the scientific method as a way of testing information for credibility. Students will also learn how to turn credible information into action by forming groups, protesting, contacting elected representatives, and possibly even running for office themselves someday.

Los pequeños «hacen»/«crean» arte para conocer, explorar, experimentar y, en definitiva, descubrir su mundo. El arte les permite descubrir el misterio, la creatividad, la alegría, la frustración. Lo que para ellos importa es el proceso del arte, no el resultado. El libro contiene más de 200 procesos completos de experiencia artística, ordenados por estaciones del año y divididos en meses. Las ideas plásticas son de dibujo, pintura, modelado de masa y arcilla, artesanía y construcción. Los trabajos, perfectamente descritos y secuenciados, pueden ser utilizados del modo más...

¿Sabías que los dragones de Komodo son los lagartos más grandes del mundo? Usan la lengua para oler a otros animales. Aprende estos y otros sorprendentes datos en Yo soy el dragón de Komodo. Did you know that Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world? They use their tongues to smell other animals. Learn these and other impressive facts in I Am a Komodo Dragon.