Description
The St. Patrick’s Day Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom, reading comprehension passages, and answering questions! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about St. Patrick’s Day, March, fun facts, U.S. traditions, Irish traditions and St. Patrick’s Day myths.
The St. Patrick’s Day Escape Room is a great reading comprehension activity with a twist of fun that has students deciphering codes. The codes include ciphers, morse code, cryptograms, Polybius squares, 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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Andrea B. –
The materials were well-organized & engaging. The quality of the content exceeded my expectations, making it easy to implement in my classroom. My students loved the interactive activities, and I noticed a significant boost in their enthusiasm for learning. I highly recommend this resource to fellow educators looking to enhance their teaching toolkit!
Suzie W. –
I used this with my gifted students as a supplemental resource. They enjoyed it. Thanks.
Ashley G. –
This product is very engaging and my students loved it!
Stacey L. –
My 5th graders were fully engaged with this St. Patrick’s Day Escape Room! It was a fun and challenging way to reinforce reading comprehension and social studies content. Easy to set up and a great collaborative activity! I always appreciate how perfect Think Tank activities are for my fifth graders!
Breana M. –
This was a great resource that really challenged students to think more creatively and critically!! I have been trying to get students away from rote learning and engage more thoughtful in active thinking, this was a great resource for this. They struggled and had to stretch their minds, it was a really awesome activity for it. Plus they enjoyed it immensely, those who finished in the time limit I gave were stoked!
Paige P. –
So fun! The students were very engaged and excited to solve the puzzles! A little challenging, but in the best way! Thank you!
Betsy Belle The French Zone –
This resource was well-made and matched what I was looking for exactly. Thank you.
Chaos of Learning –
My students enjoy completing these escape rooms. Thank you.
Melanie P. –
I’ve recommended these to multiple teachers. I love them.
Mrs K saves the Day –
My students LOVE these escape rooms! As usual, this was a fun and engaging activity!
The AVID Teacher –
This was a great activity to use with my AVID students. They were engaged and enjoyed the activity.
Cory Eisenbach –
Thank you!
Great resource, I would recomend to others.
Mrs Middle MindEd –
This was a fun activity to do with my students. They really enjoy the competition.
Tiny Teacher Thoughts –
I have used this seller’s different escape rooms in the past, and I knew I wanted to continue to purchase more! This was a very fun and engaging activity and I love all the different activities for each clue.
Jacquie H. –
Super engaging and thorough resource with low prep. My virtual students loved it!
Jennifer H. –
Thank you for the resource.
Judy A. –
My students enjoy escape rooms. Sometimes they become frustrated, however, they do not give up on these activities.
Amanda M. –
My students are going to love being able to practice and review skills in this fun hands on way!
Marie M. –
My pupil’s loved the challenge of working through the different puzzles to work out the clues. There was a great mix of information about St. Patrick’s Day that the children were exposed to while solving the puzzles.
SelCrn –
This was a good activity for my diverse learners! 🙂