Esperanza Rising
Math
Vocabulary
Social Studies
Family Under the Bridge
100

Abuelita and Esperanza worked together to make this object. 

What is a quilt?

100

Area is determined by multiplying these two dimensions.

What is length times width.

100

If something is atrocious it is...

What is .... horrifying, unpleasant, disgusting, heinous, dreadful, terrible, appalling, etc. 

100

This term is used to explain how badly a product is needed.

What is demand?

100

This surprises Armand when he returns to his place under the bridge on the first night.

What is the Calcet children camped under the bridge?

200

This novel takes place during this important period in American history. 

What is the Great Depression?

200

Volume is determined by multiplying these 3 dimensions.

What is length x width x height?

200

A musty odor is ....

What is ... moldy, old, damp, stale, dank, etc.

200

Growing and harvesting food, distributing food, consuming food, composting food waste, and then distributing compost in a garden is an example of this chain ...

What is the food supply chain?

200

Why is the Mrs. Calcet angry with Armand after she learns he has fed them?

What is... because they begged for money.

300

"... and angry thorn stabbed me," is an example of this literary device.

What is personification?

300

To divide two fractions you need to multiply the first fraction by what?

What is ... its reciprocal?

300

If something is tranquil it is... 

What is ... peaceful, quiet?

300

This term describes the amount of a specific product that is available. 

What is supply?

300

Armand tells the children that cake tastes like medicine for this reason.

What is... because he knows they can't eat the cakes in the bakery window. or

What is... because he knows they don't have money for cake.

400

"Everything was in order like her dolls in a row," is an example of this literary device.

What is simile?

400

16/24 can be simplified into this fraction. 

What is 2/3? (16 can be divided by 8 and 24 can also be divided by 8).

400
The verb loom means this...

What is.. to hover over?

400

When a product is at its lowest price, the demand is ____ and the supply is ____.

What is... the demand is low and the supply is high?

400

The children ask Father Christmas for this.

What is... the children ask Father Christmas for a house.

500

"This is what we are!" she yelled, "Small, meek animals!" is an example of this literary device.

What is metaphor?

500

1 and 2/3 is this type of number, and 5/3 is this type of number.

What is mixed number and what is improper fraction?

500

If a person acts with propriety they are..

What is ... they are acting with formal manners or social conventions.

500

When a product is at its highest price, then the demand is _______ and the supply is _______.

What is the demand is high and the supply is low?

500

Armand prays for this during the Christmas Eve mass on the quay.

What is... he prays for a home for the children.