Excavar: Una obra de construccin [Paperback]

Excavar: Una obra de construcci?nis a Spanish-language nonfiction reader for students ages 7 to 12 in grades 3-7. This engaging book invites young learners to explore how architects, contractors, and construction workers use math and geometry to turn blueprints into homes, bridges, and buildings. With clear informational text, bright images, charts, and real-world examples, readers will gain insight into construction equipment, building materials, job roles, and engineering processes. Perfect for bilingual science or STEM units, this title supports reading comprehension, content-area vocabulary, and analytical thinking.

• Spanish nonfiction reader for ages 7-12 and grades 3-7
• Explains how math and geometry are used in real construction projects
• Introduces construction equipment, materials, and blueprints
• Builds STEM vocabulary and supports informational text comprehension
• Ideal for science, STEM, social studies, or bilingual classrooms

Lisa Perlman Greathousestarted her writing career as a journalist, working for The Associated Press for over a decade. There, she reported on hundreds of stories, from interviewing presidential candidates to covering plane crashes. From there, she joined a communications agency, where she launched a custom publishing division and developed award-winning magazines for major clients.
During her professional writing career, Lisa's deep commitment to public education launched an interest in writing children's books. Over the past 20 years, she has written dozens of titles for Teacher Created Materials, mostly nonfiction readers, with a focus on science and social studies. Among her favorites is a biography about President lS%