A study of the use of manipulatives in the assessment of mathematics instruction with ESL Hispanic students. Bilingual Research Journal, 22(2-4), 215-235. I'm including this reference and abstract because it seems like an ideal research article for our group. Unfortunately, the report is written in Spanish only.
Red Rangers are a generation cross from the popular Rhode Island Red & are also known as Columbian Blacktails. These pretty chestnut hen's adapt well to most set up's, especially as backgarden hen's, free-rangers and smallholdings.
The five-point star is a nod to the Republic of Texas, and the bear represents strength. (SOURCE: Wikipedia, Flag of California, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_California>). The California Blue Book also refers to the red star as a tribute to the Texas Lone Star: The flag was designed by William Todd on a piece of new unbleached cotton.