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Break the Pentomino Code!

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Students read and analyze the book, Chasing Vermeer. They discuss the main story elements, analyze how pentominoes are important to the story, use a pentomino code to decipher a message, and create a secret code of their own.

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3rd - 6th
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English Language Arts
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