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About the Cognates Strategy:

The following table lists English/Spanish cognates that can be used with each of the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading books. For an example of how to effectively employ the cognates strategy, see the strategy guide for the book Walk in the Woods.

Book

English/Spanish Cognates

Books from the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading unit Shoreline Science:

Beach Postcards

visit/visitar, content/contenido, report, glossary/glosario, material/material, rock/roca, form/forma, ocean/océano, family/familia, different/diferente, grains/granos, mountains/montañas, coral/coral, animal/animal, plant/planta

Gary’s Sand Journal

observe/observar, color/color, mystery/misterio, collect/coleccionar, compose/componer, explain/explicar, volcano/volcán, mineral/mineral, rock/roca, important/importante, animal/animal, lava/lava, different/diferente

Handbook of Sandy Beach Organisms

insect, turtle, elephant seal, introduction, organism, plant, animal, survive, protect, information, predator, interesting, describe, falcon, marine, habitat, surprise, important, structure, common, color, current, tentacle, oxygen, ocean, stomach, direction

My Sea Otter Report

report, ocean/océano, animal/animal, explain/explicar, survive/sobrevivir, decided/decidir, reference/referencia, notes/notas, dictionary/diccionario, marine/marino, rocks/rocas

Shoreline Scientist

scientist, nature, music, different, camping, decide, surf, observe, ocean, college, study, rock, class, force, process, erosion, animal,  plan, mountain, move, investigate, form, problem, protect, electricity, truck, million, coast, habitat, cause student

The Black Tide

coast, terrible, plastic, organism, current, habitat, important, scientist, marine, investigate, million, compare

What Belongs on a Beach?

ocean, rocks, different, currents, objects, animals, marine, plants, evidence, protect

What Lives on a Sandy Beach?

ocean/océano, animal/animal, predator/depredador, survive/sobrevivir, marine/marino, elephant/elefante, current, planta/planta

What’s Stronger? The Forces That Cause Erosion

rock/roca, mountain/montaña, forces/fuerza, nature/naturaleza, cause/causa, erosion/erosión, scientist/científico, material/material, study/estudiar, ocean/océano, canyon/cañón, glacier/glaciar, evidence/evidencia

Books from the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading unit Soil Habitats:

Earthworms Underground

absorb/absorber, adaptation/adaptación, adult/adulto, air/aire, animal/animal, different/diferente, divided/dividido, habitat/hábitat, imagine/imaginar, mix/mezclar, move/mover, nutrient/nutriente, organism/organismo, parts/partes, plant/planta, predator/depredador, protect/proteger

protection, reproduce, strange, survive, tube, use

Handbook of Forest Floor Animals

absorb/absorbar, active/activo, adaptation/adaptación, animal/animal, antenna/antena, centipede/ciempiés,  habitat/habitat, information/información, insect/insecto, millipede/milpiés, nutrient/nutriente, organism/organismo, predator/depredador, protect/proteger, reproduce/reproducir, rock/roca,  scientist/científico, structure/estructura, survive/sobrevivir, tentacle/tentáculo, venom/veneno

 

My Nature Notebook

animal, different, evidence, explain, flowers, insect, marked, nature, observation, observe, plant, study, visit

Snail Investigations

center, cover, decided, different, evidence, expect, garden, habitat, hour, investigate, investigation, line, move, observe, paper, plants, results, student, surface, survival, terrarium

Talking with a Habitat Scientist

airport, alligator, animal, depend, difference, family, flowers, habitat, imagine, important, include, interested, investigate, lion, maps, mountain, natural, north, nutrient, office, organism, part, plan, plant, nature, rocks, save scientist, space, study, survive

Walk in the Woods

animal, evidence, imagine, investigate, millipede, mix, natural, nutrient, observe, organism, part, plant, scientist, studies

What Are Roots?

absorb, adaptation, air, cactus, different, desert, directions, important, liquid, nutrient, plant, rock, solid, special, survive, tube

Without Soil

absorb, air, animal, cover, depend, difference, example, flowers, fruits, garden, habitat, imagine, important, insects, nutrient, nuts, ocean, plant, predator, protect, rock, sugar, survive, vitamins

Into the Soil

animal, discover, important, million, nutrient, observe, organism, park, plant, poet, scientist, surprise, sprout

Books from the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading unit Designing Mixtures:
Handbook of Interesting Ingredients absorb/absorbar, acid/ácido, crystal/cristal, cubo/cubo, dissolve/disolver, gas/gas, gelatin/gelatina, ingredient/ingredientes, liquid/liquido, protein/proteina, salt/sal, scientist/científico, solid/solido, soluble/solvable, substance/substancia, sugar/azucar, vinegar/vinagre

Jelly Bean Scientist

visiting/visitando, scientist/científico, invent/inventar, fruit/fruta, use/usar, different/diferente, substance/substancia, studied/estudiar, natural/natural, recipe/receta, lemon/limón, lime/lima, copy/copiar, machine/maquína, ingredient/ingrediente, acid/ácido, extra/extra, gas/gas, properties/propiedades, color/color, compare/comparar, mixture/mixtura, center/centro, mold/molde

Jess Makes Hair Gel

decide/decidir, ingredient/ingrediente, investigate/investigar, shampoo/champú, properties/propiedades, science/ciencia, substance/substancia, notes/notas, problem/problema, list/lista, color/color, gelatin/gelatina, minutes/minutos, dissolve/dissolver, idea/idea, different/diferente

Solving Dissolving

mystery/misterio, dissolve/dissolver, lemonade/limonada, disappear/desaparecer, scientist/científico, evidence/evidencia, solid/sólido, properties/propiedades, substance/substancia, liquid/líquido, solution/solución, salt/sal, pure/puro, ocean/océano, soluble/solvable, metal/metal, investigation/investigación, inventor/inventor, material/material   

What If Rain Boots Were Made of Paper?

bananas/bananos, invent/inventar, inventor/inventor, material/material, metal/metal, pages/páginas, paper/papel, plastic/plástico, sugar/azucar, uses/usos

 

Books from the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading unit Gravity and Magnetism:
Forces direction/dirección; force/fuerza; evidence/evidencia; move/mover; object/objeto; touch/tocar
Gravity is Everywhere air/aire; animals/animals; attract/atraer; center/centro; compare/comparar; different/diferente; elephant/elefante; escape/escapar; force/fuerza; gravity/gravidad; Jupiter/Júpiter; Mars/Marte; measure/medir; object/objeto; planet/planeta; rock/roca; Solar System/sistema solar; space/espacio; table/tabla; Universe/universo; Venus/Venus
Mystery Forces air/aire; attract/atraer; detective/detectivo; different/diferente; evidence/evidencia; explain/explicar; float/float; force/fuerza; gravity/gravidad; law/ley; material/material; metal/metal; mysteries/misterios; north/norte; object/objeto; planet/planeta; pole/polo; train/tren
What My Sister Taught Me About Magnets attract/atraer; aluminum/aluminio; compare/comparar; diary/diario; different/diferente; explain/explicar; float/flotar; invent/inventar; investigate/investigar; metal/metal; mine/mina; north/norte; object/objeto; pole/polo; predict/predecir; scientist/científico; table/tabla

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