Description
When every pumpkin in town disappears, 2nd graders follow the clues and use place-value reasoning to recover them. Choose the low-prep printable escape room or the self-checking digital Google Forms version. Both formats use the same five pumpkin-themed puzzles, so you can choose what works best for your class.
Math skills students will practice
- Building and interpreting three-digit numbers with base-ten blocks
- Comparing three-digit numbers using >, <, and =
- Reading numbers to 1,000 in standard, expanded, and word form
- Regrouping 10 tens as 1 hundred
- Using place-value understanding for addition within 100 without regrouping
- Skip counting within 1,000 by fives
- Reading clues and following multi-step directions
The activity supports key 2.NBT skills and is best used after students have learned the underlying place-value concepts.
Choose printable or digital
Printable version: Five black-and-white clue pages plus a Case Closed page. Give students each new clue after they show the correct response.
Digital version: A self-checking Google Forms escape room with no hidden clues. Print one case-file page per group with the backstory, QR code, and student tools. Students do not need Google or email accounts.
What is included
- Quick-start guide and detailed teacher directions
- Five-page black-and-white printable escape room
- Printable Case Closed page
- Printable case file with the backstory, QR code, and student tools for the digital version
- Direct digital escape-room URL
- Detailed answer key and teacher tips
- Optional Google Form copy link
- Optional student-work page and success signs
The pumpkin theme makes this a natural choice for Halloween, but the activity itself does not mention the holiday, so it also works throughout the fall. Use it for a math center, collaborative practice, enrichment, or a memorable alternative to a traditional worksheet.
