The Community Helper Mice-Los ratoncitos ayudantes de la comunidad


Book Description

The Community Helper Mice is a creative and humorous story for young children that teaches them about community helpers, which is a topic studied in the early grades. At the same time, the story emphasizes science vocabulary and the joy of speaking two languages. This book is related to the curriculum and stimulates the children's imagination integrating many subjects such as: social studies, science, and language arts. The community helper mice are professional and career-oriented. They are in danger of being eaten by their predators. To protect themselves, they decide to move to the neighborhood school. In their new environment they eat, have fun and become bilingual mice. Each community helper mice uses his specific skills to make the move a big success. Spanish Book Los ratoncitos ayudantes de la comunidad es una historia creativa y humorAstica para niA+-os pequeA+-os que enseA+-a sobre los ayudantes de la comunidad, un tema estudiado en los grados primarios. Al mismo tiempo, la historia enfatiza el vocabulario de ciencias naturales y el entusiasmo de hablar en dos idiomas. Este libro estA! relacionado con el plan de estudios y tambiA(c)n estimula la imaginaciA3n de los niA+-os integrando materias tales como: estudios sociales, ciencias naturales y artes del lenguaje. Los ratoncitos ayudantes de la comunidad son ratoncitos profesionales que corren el peligro de ser devorados por sus depredadores. Para protegerse, deciden mudarse a la escuela del vecindario. En su nuevo entorno, comen, se divierten y se convierten en ratones bilingA 1/4 es. Todos los ratoncitos ponen en prA!ctica sus habilidades especAficas para que el gran movimiento sea todo un A(c)xito.




A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish


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A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish has been fully revised and updated, including over 500 new entries, making it an invaluable resource for students of Spanish. Based on a new web-based corpus containing more than 2 billion words collected from 21 Spanish-speaking countries, the second edition of A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish provides the most expansive and up-to-date guidelines on Spanish vocabulary. Each entry is accompanied with an illustrative example and full English translation. The Dictionary provides a rich resource for language teaching and curriculum design, while a separate CD version provides the full text in a tab-delimited format ideally suited for use by corpus and computational linguistics. With entries arranged both by frequency and alphabetically, A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish enables students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary in an engaging and efficient way.




The Routledge Spanish Bilingual Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry


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The Routledge Spanish Bilingual Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry contains over 100,000 entries making this the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of its kind. The Dictionary provides concise, comprehensive and current coverage of every word or phrase used in the study and practice of psychiatry and psychology. This valuable reference tool covers all disciplines and sub-disciplines, both research-based and clinical. This is a vital resource to those in the healthcare professions, to academicians and to those who work in translation and/or interpretation, healthcare and the law who are in contact with the English and Spanish speaking communities.







Principles of Modern Microbiology


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This text balances brevity and clarity in a condensed introduction to microbiology. It contains a manageable amount of detail and yet covers the full range and diversity of the microbial world.




Follow That Map!


Book Description

Learn map skills to help you navigate and find things.




The Bilingual Revolution


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The Bilingual Revolution is a collection of inspirational vignettes and practical advice that tells the story of the parents and educators who founded dual language programs in New York City public schools. The book doubles as a "how to" manual for setting up your own bilingual school and, in so doing, launching your own revolution.




Monteverde


Book Description

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each year, and it is often considered the archetypal high-altitude rain forest.This volume brings together some of the most prominent researchers of the region to provide a broad introduction to the biology of the Monteverde, and cloud forests in general. Collecting and synthesizing vital information about the ecosystem and its biota, the book also examines the positive and negative effects of human activity on both the forest and the surrounding communities. Ecologists, tropical biologists, and natural historians will find this volume an indispensable resource, as will all those who are fascinated by the magnificent wonders of the tropical forests.




La Selva


Book Description

Abiotic environment and ecosystem processes; The plant community: Composition, dynamics, and life-history processes; The animal community; Plant-animal interactions; La selva's human environment.




If You Find a Rock


Book Description

Discover the joy of rock hunting.