Karen Duenas

English This Accountable Talk Reference Sentence Frame is designed to empower scholars to engage in meaningful academic dialogue, strengthen critical thinking, and deepen their mathematical understanding. Rooted in the Standards for Mathematical Practice, it provides ready-to-use sentence starters that help scholars: Ask clarifying and probing questions. Justify and explain their reasoning. Build on or respectfully challenge a peer’s ideas. Connect concepts to prior knowledge. The referenc

Reflection & Coping Strategies Sheet / Hoja de Reflexión y Estrategias de AfrontamientoEnglish This Reflection & Coping Strategies Sheet guides scholars through a calming and thoughtful process to help redirect behavior, manage emotions, and take restorative action. The sheet walks scholars step-by-step through: Breathing techniques to pause and regulate emotions. Self-reflection prompts to identify what happened, what they were feeling, and how their actions impacted themselves and others.

The Scale Factor Word Problem Task Cards are an engaging set of word problems where scholars use multiplication and division to calculate scale factors between models and real-world objects. These task cards present real-life scenarios such as maps, models, buildings, and photographs, allowing scholars to apply mathematical reasoning in solving scale factor problems. Each card offers multiple-choice answers, making this resource ideal for both individual practice and small group collaboration.

This hands-on resource is designed to engage scholars in understanding the concept of the volume of composed figures using Unifix cubes. Scholars will build and combine rectangular prisms, calculate the volume of each shape, and then add their volumes together using two strategies: (1) the area model and (2) the standard multiplication algorithm. This resource reinforces spatial reasoning, multiplication, and problem-solving skills while encouraging collaboration and hands-on learning in your ST

Get ready to become a reading detective! In this exciting two-part assessment, 5th grade scholars will show off their skills in understanding nonfiction and fiction texts. On the front page, scholars will read an engaging nonfiction passage and identify the main idea and supporting details. Then, they’ll use sentence frames to help them write a clear and organized summary. On the back page, a fiction story awaits! Scholars will search for the theme of the story (the big life lesson or messa

This project can reinforce dilations, similarity, and slope in a STEAM classroom or as an extension of a math classroom. In this project, students will create a landscape painting that integrates their understanding of  dilations,  similar triangles, and  slopes. They will use natural elements like t rees, mountains, rivers, and buildings to demonstrate these math concepts. The goal is to connect artistic creativity with geometric transformations and natural slopes.

Using the Clothing Store Project to Teach Proportional Relationships & PercentagesThis Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit engages scholars by having them design and launch their own clothing brand while applying key math concepts in a real-world context. Through this project, scholars will deepen their understanding of proportional relationships, percentages, and multi-step problem solving in a way that is meaningful and relevant. Math Concepts Covered:✅ Proportional Relationships: Scholars a

This is an excellent resource for practicing equation writing using real-life word problems. The hands-on reinforcement of manipulatives can help students grasp this concept better. This resource is great for centers, small group instruction, intervention, and acceleration.

Students can build a miniature garden to extend their understanding of proportional relationships by representing them with a sentence, a table, an equation, and a graph. They also practice writing skills by answering prompts. In addition, students are asked to review scale factors by using a scale drawing in their engineering plans.