Recent school reform efforts have emphasized the need for higher literacy standards in schools across the country.
An important goal in every first-grade classroom is to get children reading – but how? This book examines current research on first-grade literacy instruction, and shows how it translates into what good teachers really do in the classroom.
This is a book about effective elementary literacy insturction, intended for the many constituencies who have a need to know about what works to develop readers in elementary school.
Through research gathered in the Home School Study of Language and Literacy Development, the authors share with you the relationship they've found between these critical, early interactions and children's kindergarten language and literacy skills.
Spanish words are incorporated naturally into this bright collection of poems that depict a day's activities in the Southwest. Vivid illustrations complement the verse to evoke the author's Mexican American background.
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Two girls go to a Mexican market to prepare for the celebration of their mother's birthday. As they gather what they need from one to ten, their excitement mounts.
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A simple, poetic narrative provides a frame for lush paintings of the New Mexico landscape.
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Thirteen poems rejoice in Latina women, their diversity, and their roles. This short, illustrated collection celebrates Spanish-speaking countries as well as bilingualism in the United States.
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Meet desert animals and hear the sounds they make, presented both in English and Spanish. Repetition is used to highlight the similarity and subtle differences of sounds and to play with alliteration.
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This picture book biography introduces Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of Mexico's most beloved scholars and poets.