Description
The Christmas Around the World Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom reading comprehension passages, answering questions and solving puzzles! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Christmas Around the World, history and traditions.
The Christmas Around the World Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues.
What’s Included?
- 4 Reading Passages
- 4 Puzzle Phrases to Decode
- 4 Decoders
- 4 Differentiated Decoders
- 10 Multiple Choice Questions
- Teacher Instructions
- Answer Key
- Hint Guides – How To Decode
- Completion Signs
Watch the video or click on the preview button to take a closer look at everything included!
Skills Used:
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Peer Collaboration
- Problem Solving
To prevent students from simply decoding the puzzles, ALL questions need to be answered correctly in order to solve the final code. This ensures understanding!
Benefits of Use:
- No Prep
- Print and Go
- Cross-Curricular
- Highly Engaging
- No Locks Needed
- No silly envelopes to stuff
- No fancy shapes to cut out
Give students a chance to decode puzzles, move around the room, and read passages, all while actively learning! Students will work in pairs (or individually) and race against the clock. A friendly competition always increases engagement. No prior knowledge is needed. Each code will reveal interesting facts about the topic.
Puzzle Types:
- Cryptogram
- Morse Code
- PigPen Cipher
- Polybius Square
Options for Use:
- Anticipatory Sets
- Unit Review
- Early Finishers
- Gallery Walk
- Stations
- Sub Plans
- Rewards
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Mary M. –
Was a little too difficult to use for 3rd grade. Needed a lot of explanation
Yamille J. –
My students loved the activity and kept them engaged.
CHRISTINA P. –
This was a great resource and extremely easy to implement.
Melissa R. –
I used this with my JH intervention students and they had a really great time with it! Very informative as well!
Trinity H. –
Such a fun activity to use right before Christmas break to keep students engaged!
Miss Kait Creates –
My class had an absolute blast doing this escape room! No prep and a nice break for me as well!
Mrs K saves the Day –
My students LOVE these escape rooms! Thank you for sharing!
MissRayENL –
My students LOVE these resources and I can’t get enough of them! They are engaging and easy to implement in my classroom.
Jenny Goss –
This was a great activity that engaged my students and encouraged them in their learning.
Elizabeth D. –
My students loved this resource. It was a race to see which group would escape first. I great day before vacation activity!
Katie T. –
My students loved learning about Christmas in different cultures.
Sarah S. –
My students already had experience with other escape rooms by this creator, so this was perfect for before Christmas Break.
Julie H. –
My students enjoyed this activity. It was a great way to start Christmas break.
Nicole B. –
This was a super easy activity to do the day before Christmas break. The students were very engaged and enjoyed learning about traditions in other places.
Kathy K. –
Fun activity with my World Cultures class at Christmas.
Jennifer A. –
Fun way to incorporate Christmas around the World!
Katelyn T. –
They were engaged in this product and enjoyed learning about all of the different cultural Christmases.
Whitney L. –
Love it! It was fun and the students enjoyed it! I did have to make some of the clues a little easier, for example filling in more letters on the chart but it was so fun to use! Its simple, no prep, and the students liked it a lot!
Fiona M. –
My students loved this! Easy to prepare and understand. The students loved the teamwork
Beth B. –
I used this during the week leading up to Christmas and it was very engaging for the students.