Description
The Valentine’s Day Escape Room gives students a chance to get out of their seats and solve clues! This escape room activity covers the following topics: Valentine’s Day traditions around the world, U.S. traditions, and fun Valentine’s Day statistics. No prior knowledge is needed. I prefer to use this as an introduction activity but it could be used for review of a unit as well.
What’s Included?
✅ Four half page reading passages
✅ Four decoders
✅ Questions for each passage (multiple choice, fill in the blank and true/false)
✅ Teacher directions
✅ Answer key
✅ Student directions
✅ Hint cards
✅ How to decode puzzles
✅ How to save time if the activity is taking too long
✅ Words to know: A glossary of terms
✅ Early Finisher Activity: Text marking
Students will practice reading comprehension and critical thinking skills to solve puzzles. Each clue will reveal interesting facts about Valentine’s Day.
You do NOT need a lock! You do NOT need envelopes! You do NOT have to cut out puzzle pieces! This product is meant to make your life easy! Just print and go!
Please look at the preview to determine if this resource/reading level works for your age group. Younger students may need some help with some of the more difficult clues (hint cards and how to). Students have to answer questions about each passage to ensure understanding.
Students may work individually, with a partner or in small groups to solve four puzzles in order to determine the final code. I prefer partner work for best results!
An answer key and easy to follow teacher directions are provided.
Time needed: 45-60 minutes (it really all depends on your students reading skills)
You can decide how much time your students have to complete the activity. Maybe some students don’t finish, but that’s OK! They still learned something new! I often stop once the first three students solve all the clues. Time management strategies are included.
Basic subtraction skills are needed, a calculator may be used if needed. Example: 1629-1624=5
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Jennifer L. –
I have several sets of these escape rooms and the kids love them.
samantha S. –
Student had so much fun with this escape room. They were highly engaged in the activity!
Firsties and Fajitas –
The students I had this really loved doing escape rooms and this was no exception! It was the perfect holiday activity that still required them to use their academic skills and knowledge!
Wendy B. –
Great unit~ I appreciate it! You saved me a ton of time! Well done!
Tina L. –
We did this as our Valentine’s activity. My scholars loved it! It took them about 45 minutes to an hour. It was engaging and fun.
Jackie D. –
The different activities were engaging and the stories were interesting. My students loved the different crack the code activities. This was so fun!
Susan L. –
Perfect! Fun and engaging! A great activity to have fun on Valentine’s Day but still be engaged in meaningful learning. Just print and you are ready to go.
Three Little Kittens –
This was a great resource for my school leavers and their English as second language conversation class. They usually intensely dislike learning about festivities of any kind so I was looking for something to make things easier and this escape room activity fit in perfectly and they actually had fun and did speak.
Jessica Lisi –
This was a super fun Valentines Day activity, that kept students engaged and thinking!
Sarah B. –
My students love doing Escape rooms. They really enjoyed reading the stories on Valentines Day and solving each “room”. They asked if they could do it again after they completed it!!!
Courtney B. –
My students enjoyed completing this escape room. It wasn’t too easy or too hard.
Kellye Tippitt –
This was a perfect activity to keep my students engaged on Valentine’s Day! They reviewed skills and had fun at the same time. Thank you for creating such a great activity!
Mrs K saves the Day –
My students LOVE doing these escape rooms! They get so excited when they see me pass them out!
Jodi B. –
Fun activity . It kept all my students engaged and on task.
Michelle Aker –
My students LOVED completing this escape room! Great for independent and group work.
Megan R. –
My students loved working together to to solve the problems.
Nina N. –
My class LOVES escape rooms! This did not disappoint and we really enjoyed adding it to our Valentine’s fun.
Heather Patton –
Great resource! A fun way to practice skills and to get kids up and moving!
Angie M. –
My students always enjoy these activities. It is a fun way to work on comprehension skills and they love figuring out the messages.
Holly L. –
Good material for the holidays.