This is a digital AND “print & go” bundle of holiday themed classroom escape room challenges. These challenges all feature ELA skills appropriate for Upper Elementary Students. No locks or stuffing envelopes required! Digital versions are perfect for distance learning.
Get your students excited about learning with classroom escape challenges! Throughout these activities, students work collaboratively with partners or in groups to solve ELA related challenges and find clues in order to escape the given scenario.
Featured Skills Throughout the Bundle Include, But Are Not Limited To:
- Inferring
- Vocabulary and Context Clues
- Reading Comprehension for Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
- Using Text Evidence to Support Thinking & Responses
- Figurative Language
- Parts of Speech
- Comparing & Contrasting Texts
- Text Structure
- Text Features
- Point of View
*Check out the previews for each of the Escape Rooms for a more detailed look at which skills are include in each challenge.
Escape Challenges Included:
- Halloween Haunted House – (Print & Digital Included)
- Thanksgiving Save the Turkey – (Print & Digital Included)
- Holidays Around the World – (Print & Digital Included)
- Valentine’s Day – (Print & Digital Included)
- St. Patrick’s Day – (Print & Digital Included)
- Easter (Print & Digital Included)
- End of the Year (Print & Digital Included)
Each Printable Escape Challenge includes:
- Teacher guide
- Escape Challenge Prompt
- 5 or 6 Challenge Puzzles (Color & B/W)
- Hint Cards
- Completion Certificates (for groups or individuals)
- Answer Key
Each Digital Escape Challenge includes:
- Teacher guide
- Answer Key
- Link to Google Form that houses the following:
- Escape Challenge Problem Prompt
- Links to 5 or 6 ELA Challenge Tasks/Puzzles on Google Slides with moveable parts
- Completion Certificate
Reasons why I LOVE using Escape Challenges with my students:
- They are academically rigorous and challenging
- They are an engaging way to review content skills and/or strategies
- They reinforce social skills, such as teamwork, collaboration, respect
- Students learn to manage time appropriately and focus under pressure
- They gamify learning in a meaningful way
- They encourage independence and risk taking
- They require students to problem solve and think critically
You might also be interested in these other holiday resources:
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