Description
The Thanksgiving Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom, reading passages, answering questions, and decoding clues. This escape room activity has students decode interesting facts about Thanksgiving, history, and traditions around the world.
The Thanksgiving Traditions 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
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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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Michelle S. –
My students enjoyed this activity, it was very helpful!
Carroll H. –
Great Resource to celebrate Thanksgiving and explain the different traditions.
Kimberly G. –
Perfect way to end the school day before Thanksgiving break. Students love this, and as a teacher, I love giving them something engaging the day before break!
Katelyn E. –
These escape games are perfect to stay on task and topic academically while making learning fun and giving students the opportunity to work together
Kaitlea H. –
My students loved this escape room! So fun and engaging! Thank you!
Wild and Kind –
My students could not love these more! I love to see them so engaged!
Michelle Pierce –
I have several of these and I LOVE them so much!!!
Lora P. –
My students enjoyed working together and coming up with the clues. It was a great way to change things up from day to day.
Josie B. –
I use these escape rooms to foster peer work within Social Skills. The students learn to work with peers to solve problems. We have done 8 this year in this same format, and I use often to assess their participation, cooperation, and peer communication skills.
Kelsey T. –
Students enjoyed this after completing their work.
Sharon Link –
Absolutely loved this! It kept the kids engaged and was easy to differentiate.
Lindsay B. –
I used this with my 5th grade gifted students… some of the puzzles really had them stumped!
Cassidy Toles –
Great resource! My students loved it! Easy to use and great for upper grades.
Abby P. –
My students loved this resource. I will be using it again next year.
Shelah B. –
Great resource to use the day before Thanksgiving break. My students were engaged and challenged with this resource.
Mirinda A. –
This was a fun activity to do right before our break that kept the students engaged.
Alli Voigt –
My students really loved this activity! It was a great way to kick off our Thanksgiving break! It kept them engaged the whole period!
Hannah D. –
This was a great resource to use right before Thanksgiving Break!
Scott in Second –
My students loved this escape room before break! Very engaging and entertaining when done in small groups!
KRISTIE S. –
Many of my students struggle with reading, so we completed the activities in pairs or as a whole group. I love that I did not have to prep much.