This before-or-after-Thanksgiving break activities bundle includes three escape rooms for middle and high school students. The week or day before Thanksgiving break can be chaotic, but these escape rooms will take students on a secret mission that includes solving Thanksgiving brain teasers and word and logic puzzles to crack the code and achieve their goal! Escape room missions include The Case of the Missing Donations, The Turkey Trot Challenge, and Escape to Thanksgiving Break.
This is the perfect activity to promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills and allow students to collaborate with their new classmates.
These Thanksgiving-themed escape rooms require students to decipher codes and uncover mysteries while having fun. Hint cards are included to help struggling students, and answer keys have been provided for all puzzles.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ Teacher Guide with Clear Directions & Tips
✅ Strategies and Activities to Promote Student Collaboration
✅ Student-Centered Activities: Let Your Students Do the Thinking!
✅ Get to See How Students Work in Groups
✅ No Prep-Just Print and Implement!
► What’s Included:
➀ Teacher Tips and Suggestions Guide + Set-Up Instructions
➁ Escape Room #1: The Case of the Missing Donations (Six Puzzles)
-Task 1: Polybius
-Task 2: Directional
-Task 3: Cryptogram
-Task 4: Lock Box
-Task 5: Missing X
-Task 6: Extract
➂ Escape Room #2: The Turkey Trot Challenge (Nine Puzzles)
-Task 1: TXT MSG
-Task 2: Pictogram
-Task 3: First Place
-Task 4: Arrows
-Task 5: Polybius
-Task 6: Number Seek
-Task 7: Atbash
-Task 8: Center Stage
-Task 9: Missing X
➃ Escape Room #3: Escape to Thanksgiving Break (Twelve Puzzles)
-Task 1: Hint Search
-Task 2: Word Maze
-Task 3: Blocks
-Task 4: Sudoku
-Task 5: Shape Shift
-Task 6: TXT MSG
-Task 7: Pictogram
-Task 8: Number Seek
-Task 9: Line-W-L
-Task 10: Directional
-Task 11: Lock Box
-Task 12: Alpha Count
➄ Hint Cards, Answer Keys, and Recording Sheets
✋ How Can You Use These Escape Rooms?
-After Thanksgiving Break Activity
-Thanksgiving High School Activities
-November Community Building
-Middle School Sub Plans
-Early Finishers Activities for Middle School
