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Prepared by bilingual teacher aide students, this glossary provides the Spanish translation of about 1,300 English words used in the bilingual classroom. Intended to serve as a handy reference for teachers, teacher aides, and students, the glossary can also be used in teacher training programs as a vocabulary builder for future bilingual teachers and teacher aides who are working on improving their language skills so that they may be better prepared to teach children. The words are divided into nine categories: media center, A-V aids, student supplies, school environment, science and math, language and usage, social studies, teaching, and psychological terminology for counselors. The glossary provides the Spanish translation of such words as cover of a book, character in a story, index card, magazine, tape recorder, homework, amplifier, design, earphones, enlargement, filmstrip, flannel board, tape measure, outline, scotch tape, blotter paper, curriculum, phonological, compass, construction paper, movie screen, sheet of paper, fun center, encyclopedia, sight words, faucet, feel box, paper towel, noteboook, mimeographed sheet, light switch, stapler, school board, sharing time, washstand, videotape, typewriter, yardstick, auditorium, attendance cards, peers, meaning, quotation, cardinal numbers, direct object, conjugation, three dimensional, economics, fire alarm, guessing time, loudspeaker, pause, and idiom. (NQA)

Six short Mexican folk tales for children are presented in Spanish and English. Each version is presented in its own booklet. The stories are illustrated with full-page black and white drawings. "The Man Who Owned the Bees" is a story about four boys who encounter Xachan'achin, the owner of the bees in the forest. "The Magic Lady of the Water" is a tale about a poor unloved boy who is aided by the Water Princess. "The People Find Their Home" is the legendary story of the founding of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City). In "How Cats Were Made," a cat molded out of clay to ward off a mysterious night visitor turns into a real cat and begins chasing mice. "The Monkey, the Buzzard, and the Eagle" is the story of three men who are punished or rewarded for their deeds by being turned into animals. In "How the Lizard Found the Sun," the puzzle of the mysterious disappearance of the sun is solved by the lizard who finds a strange glowing rock. (SB)

This curriculum guide is the first of a four-volume set that is intended to improve career and vocational guidance services to Spanish-speaking students in grades 9 through 12. The first section, an introduction to the teacher, includes a discussion of goals and objectives, a note on the organization of the materials, suggestions for using them, a discussion of a few principles of career guidance, and notes on the student materials. The second and third sections consist of an English and a Spanish version of the four instructional units. Addressed in the individual units are the following topics: self-assessment (thinking about self, school, and work; the people in one's life; and identification of one's own values); the world of work (what work is like, where a paycheck goes, what different jobs pay, and how women figure in the work force); a job now (papers needed, techniques of summarizing personal facts and writing to get hired, places to look for work, and job interviews); and more schooling (choosing the best education for oneself, evaluating the choice made, planning, writing to get into school, and financing an education). Each section contains some or all of the following: vocabulary, instructional text, exercises, and a review quiz. Concluding the guide are supplementary classroom activities, including a note to the teacher, activities, and handouts. (MN)