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Practice the vocabulary words and definitions for this section of Esperanza Rising with these cards. The following words are included: listless, cope, penetrating, cavernous, riveted, suppleness, susceptible, tormented, squalor, recuperation, accompanied, and remnants.

Match the vocabulary words from this section of the novel to their correct definitions by writing the corresponding letters on the lines.

This reading comprehension packet for chapters 10 through 12 of Esperanza Rising includes a mix of short answer and multiple choice questions about the content of this section of the book.

With this writing prompt, students will think about how Esperanza helps Marta hide in chapter 12. They will explain how and why she helped Marta and how her actions show character growth.

With this writing prompt, students will reflect on the symbolism of mountains and valleys in the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan.

Find volume of 3-dimensional figures, answer word problems, use fraction bars, and more with this week's 6th grade Math Buzz!

Keep up with daily math practice and review by using our 6th grade Math Buzz worksheets.

Factor expressions, rewrite expressions as powers of 10 with exponents, find volume of composite shapes, and much more with this week's 6th grade Math Buzz worksheets.

This week's 6th Grade Math Buzz worksheets require students to be able to write algebraic expressions, understand coordinate grids, find greatest common factors, and much more.

Keep those ELA skills fresh with these daily language arts review worksheets, written specifically with 6th grade standards in mind.

Review homophones, prefixes, vague pronouns, and many more 6th grade ELA concepts with this week's set of 6th grade ELA Buzz worksheets.

You might be near the end of the school year, but that doesn't mean it's time to stop reviewing key math concepts from the year! Practice counting, adding, subtracting, using tens frames, identifying shapes, and more!

This week, students will work with tens frames, trace shapes, complete addition and subtraction sentences, and more!

Count to 20, trace and identify shapes by their attributes, and much more with these Kindergarten Math Buzz daily review worksheets.

Identify shapes with certain attributes, choose the longer of two objects, make subtraction sentences, and more with this week's Math Buzz.

Write basic addition sentences, fill in missing numbers in subtraction facts, identify objects of the same size, and more with this week's set of Math Buzz worksheets.

Engaging visuals help students practice basic math skills like addition, subtraction, and size recognition.

Our kindergarten Math Buzz worksheets use visuals to engage students in basic math practice, from subtraction of objects to tens frames.

Practice subtraction, understanding more and fewer than, and other important kindergarten math skills.

Work on addition, subtraction, counting, and more with this week's set of daily math review.

Review counting, basic subtraction, the concepts of bigger and smaller, and more with this week's Kindergarten Math Buzz.

Review important math skills daily with our Math Buzz activities. This week's grade 6 worksheets reinforce skills involving writing statistical questions, reading line plots, equivalent expressions, and more.

Review important math skills for sixth graders with this week's set of daily review worksheets. Skills include reflections, statistical questions, and exponents.

Use context clues and your knowledge of the vocabulary terms from this section of the book to complete this worksheet.

The vocabulary words for this section are sophisticated, aloofness, ornery, broad, weed, hilt, finality, apprehensive, contemptuously, groggy, reformatory, and premonition. Use these vocabulary cards to help practice the terms.

These reading comprehension questions cover chapters 3 and 4 of The Outsiders and include short response and multiple choice questions involving theme, context clues, symbolism, and more.

In this extended response activity, students will describe the violent interaction in the park between the greasers and Socs. They will also explain how it differs from student disagreements today, how it is similar, and delve into the details of confrontation among groups.

In chapter 4, Ponyboy and Johnny decide to run away rather than seek help from authorities or family members. With this extended response worksheet, students will consider how their socioeconomic status and family experiences likely shaped this choice.

This writing prompt asks students to reflect on the significance of the argument between Darry and Ponyboy, describe the argument, and tell what it reveals about the characters.

This printout prompts students to write about the interaction that takes place between Bob, Randy, Cherry, and Marcia in chapter 3, focusing on its reflection of societal expectation of gender roles during the time period.

Once students have finished reading chapter 3, they can complete this graphic organizer on Johnny and Ponyboy's home lives and family relationships.

Read a short passage about S. E. Hinton and what inspired her to write The Outsiders. Then read some historical background about the 1960s and answer the questions.

This worksheet asks students to reflect on ideas they will come across while reading The Outsiders, including how different social groups, stereotypes, popularity play into their own lives.

Complete this crossword puzzle using the clues for the vocabulary terms from chapters 1 and 2 of The Outsiders. An optional word bank is included.

This two-page vocabulary worksheet includes matching and fill-in-the-blank activities with words from this section of the novel.

Answer the questions about the vocabulary terms from this part of the novel using context clues and your understanding of the words' meanings.

Use these vocabulary cards to practice of this section's vocabulary words. Terms include greaser, editorials, hoods, fierce, Socs, madras, reckless, switchblade, rumble, cooler, incredulous, nonchalant, boozed, sober, rebellious, and bitter.

Answer a variety of short answer and multiple choice questions to support a meaningful understanding of the content from chapters 1 and 2.

Cite quotes from chapters 1–2 of The Outsiders to explain how the first-person point of view helps readers better understand Ponyboy and reveals his thoughts and feelings.

Fill in the table using multiple quotes from the first two chapters to describe each character. Then answer the short-response question.

Think about what is revealed about gender roles through the events of chapter 2. Use direct quotes as evidence to explain how female characters are viewed, spoken about, and treated by male characters in this part of the novel.

Write a well-developed, multi-paragraph response to this writing prompt explaining how some of Johnny's actions at the drive-in are unexpected based on what you know about him and what this tells us about his character.

This writing prompt asks students to write an extended response about the characterization of the book's narrator and his brothers. Explore relationships between Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry, and explain what they suggest about the family.

This extended response question prompts students to write about how Darry is different from the rest of the boys in the gang. Students will use textual evidence and consider why Darry's differences might be important to the novel's narrative.

Add fractions, solve word problems, and use more 5th grade math skills to find this secret number!

This secret number is a mixed number. Students will have to know about coordinate planes, solve word problems with fractions, and divide a 3-digit number by a 2-digit number to be able to figure it out.

Can you figure out the secret number using only the clues given on this printout? The first clue tells you it is a whole number with 7 digits, but you'll need all the clues to figure it out!

This week to find the secret number students will have to multiply a fraction and give the answer as a decimal, know the number of days in February during a leap year, complete multi-step equations, and more.

Solve word problems, convert units, and use other math skills to find the secret number with this Number Detective printout.

Use the clues provided each day to figure out the secret number of the week! This week's number is a fraction.