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Explore a world full of cultural adventures!

Students meet engaging characters, who travel to eight amazing Spanish-speaking countries in each student book. They have fun as they travel with Charlie, Ana, and other student book characters and learn about the local people, places, cultures, foods, animals, and of course, the language.

Make language-learning a cultural adventure as students “travel” to 20 Spanish-speaking countries throughout levels A-F

Books

Teacher's Guide

Classroom management is made easy with a comprehensive guide that includes:

  • Teacher-friendly weekly plans with flexible pacing for a variety of classroom settings
  • Instructional strategies and teaching techniques to address the needs of beginning students and advanced/heritage speakers
  • Lesson plans that address a variety of cultural vocabulary and skills (comprehension, phonics, sentence structure, and grammar imbedded in language functions)

Level A

Level B

Level C

Level D

Level E

Level F

Blackline Masters

Graphic organizers and additional activities provide additional practice and create opportunities for parent involvement.

Level A

Level B

Level C

Level D

Level E

Language Arts Handbook

This handbook contains valuable and concise information for teachers on a variety of language arts topics, including Spanish grammar and the Writing Process. It is ideal for teachers who would like to conduct mini lessons as an introduction or a review of language arts skills presented in the lessons

Assessment

This handbook contains valuable and concise information for teachers on a variety of language arts topics, including Spanish grammar and the Writing Process. It is ideal for teachers who would like to conduct mini lessons as an introduction or a review of language arts skills presented in the lessons

Evaluación A

Evaluación B

Evaluación C

Evaluación D

Evaluación E

Evaluación F

Helps track student progress through a variety of assessments:

  • Pre- and post-assessments
  • Summative end-of-unit assessments
  • Formative ongoing assessments

Thematic Library (24 readers)

Leveled readers tied to unit themes help students build literacy skills as they master the target language. Library of 24 readers includes:

Helps track student progress through a variety of assessments:

  • 8 readers for beginning students
  • 8 readers for intermediate students
  • 8 readers for advanced students and heritage speakers

Student Book

Level A

Level B

Level C

Level D

Level E

Level F

Students are introduced to two characters in each student book and “travel” with these characters to 8 Spanish-speaking countries in each book, where they explore the culture of each country and learn the language.

Interactive Student Edition

Teachers and students can access the student book with a click of a mouse! Ideal for interactive white boards or for student use at home, the interactive student edition includes links to audios and videos and links to additional cultural information.

Practice Bookk

Level A

Level B

Level C

Level D

Level E

Level F

An ideal companion to the student book, the practice book provides opportunities for students to practice, to reinforce and to maintain the unit's vocabulary, concepts, and skills presented in the student book lessons

Student Anthology

Great for advanced FLES students and/or heritage speakers who are at different levels of proficiency in their home language. Each anthology includes a collection of leveled stories from different genres and reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and writing activities.

Descubre Online

Learning made fun with interactive online activities to extend student learning. Activities incorporate culture and allow students to interact with educators, friends, and even student book characters.

Audio CD

Develop oral language and fluency with the Class Audio CD, which includes recordings of the stories, dialogues, chants, and songs that appear in every unit of the student book.

Video Program

Includes 32 videos for each level based on the lessons covered in the Student Book. Videos offer cultural information, content reviews, and translations of the most important vocabulary terms for each week of instruction.

eLearning Center

Learning made fun with interactive eBooks, readers and activities for students and white-board friendly teaching resources.

Student eLearning Center:

Choose from a variety of student resources that integrate audio and video and make learning more interactive:

  • Student eBook
  • Descubre Online Activities
  • Anthology eBook
  • Thematic Library eReaders

Teacher eLearning Center:

One convenient site provides access to all teaching resources plus student resources:

  • Teacher’s Guide
  • Online Assessment and Reporting
  • Blackline Master
  • Practice Book Annotated Edition
  • Assessment System
  • Online student resources

Antologías

This collection of authentic leveled stories by renowned authors from the Spanish-speaking world include selections from different genres with reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and writing activities.

Each anthology includes eight units that feature three readings to accommodate the needs of heritage speakers at three different levels of language proficiency: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced.

  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Multicultural readings

Print Components

  • Student Anthology
  • Anthology Annotated Edition
  • Audio CD

Online Components

Student eLearning Center (Levels K–5)

  • Anthology eBook
  • Thematic Library Student
  • eReaders

Teacher eLearning Center (Levels K–5)

  • Online Assessment
  • Annotated Edition of Anthology eBook
  • Student eLearning Center Resources

Songs and Lyrics

Give students the opportunity to express their artistic sides, all while learning the target language. Here, you will find songs and lyrics to help guide students in their language acquisition.

Photo-Cards

This amazing collection of 300 full-color, laminated photo cards serve as a springboard to develop oral language and vocabulary. Activities on the back of each card help build phonics, oral fluency, and oral language development skills.

Syllabic Readers

Collection of 10 decodable readers in little book and big book format is comprised of series simple stories, including Spanish phonics elements systematically and sequentially paced.

Dipthongs and Blends Readers

Collection of 12 phonics readers, ideal for beginning students.

Poster Cut-outs

Alphabet Game

Alphabet Picture Cards

Alphabet Flash Cards

Syllabic Game

Unit Opener Letters To Parents