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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Courtney B. –
My students love doing escape rooms!
They really enjoyed this right before the break.
Leslie Settle –
This was a great way to keep my students engaged in that crazy time right before Winter Break!
Blair J. –
Great activity, although a little to difficult for my SPED class. The general classroom loved it
Lissette H. –
I love this resource. I used it the last week of school before our Christmas break. It allowed the students to work in groups and learn about the holiday around the world. I teach World History so it worked perfect for my students. All students get engaged and I have a race between the groups. I have a huge jar of candy and the first group to finish all the clues, gets to pick from my candy jar. My students love it. It encourages group work and reading. My advanced students love the different types of codes used. I have also bought her other escape rooms. Great Resource!!
The Teachery Girl –
I really cannot get enough of your escape room activities! My kids are ALWAYS engaged and it’s fun to sit back and watch the room buzzing with excitement and conversation!
The Social Studies Sage –
I used this right before our winter break and it kept my students engaged!
Susan W. –
Thank you for this resource! My students are enjoying the learning.
Erin Cook –
Love these escape rooms. Kids like to work together to complete them. A nice break from the day to day grind and a great way to kick off Christmas break!
Heather Wicker –
This was a lot of fun and had a wide variety of information. I enjoyed it as much as my kids did!! Great job!! I love escape rooms.
Donna D. –
Students LOVED doing this activity. I LOVED it because it was well put together. It was a fabulous activity to end the year with. Thank you!
Kate N. –
My students love the challenge of the puzzles and figuring out the codes.
Cailyn V. –
My students loved using this resource before Christmas break. We used this as an ending to our Christmas around the World talk. Awesome resource and will be using again with future classes.
Brittany C. –
My students really enjoyed this! They were super engaged and got pretty competitive with one another. They learned a lot and were asking to do another one soon!
Cheryl H. –
so much fun
Patricia Harwick –
I am excited to use this resource with my students! We did a similar Thanksgiving room and they had a blast!
Theresa S. –
I have used this resource for home and in my elem. resource classroom. It is purposeful, fun, easy to use, versatile, and engaging.
Begoña L. –
My students loved playing this escape room! They did something different and really enjoyed it.
The Curated Classroom Co. –
amazing resource
Jennifer M. –
We did this together as a class and they were very engaged.
Shannon R. –
I used the package for last day before break…About half of my students were excited and half were either bored or stumped by the clues. It was a good way to occupy them.