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For the week of April 13th, 2025

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Writing Prompt

Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli
Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli
Students will make this slimy broccoli simile seriously specific.

Vocab of the Week

Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)
Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)
Students will go from “Work” to “Hard” by changing just one letter per step.

Writing Prompt

Doubling Up Writing: Anadiplosis
Doubling Up Writing: Anadiplosis
Repeating words can be what you want, if what you want is an interesting effect. (Psst, that’s an example of anadiplosis!)

Game of the Week

Game: Gomoku
Game: Gomoku
Want to take Tic-Tac-Toe to the next level!? Imagine a 15×15 board. You must get five-in-a-row. You cannot get six-in-a-row. That’s Gomoku!

Wonder of the Week

Notice, Wonder: Plateau
Notice, Wonder: Plateau
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

Weekly Math Puzzle

Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture
Using this one weird trick, it seems that you can turn any number into a palindrome!