Description

We need your fifth graders help to save Thanksgiving! A villain known as the Thanksgiving Thwarter has locked the oven with five locks. Thanksgiving dinner waits inside. Can your 5th grade students use their knowledge of place value, decimals, rounding, inequalities, and order of operations to find the combinations to all five locks? Spice up your Thanksgiving class party with this fun worksheet alternative!

This highly engaging and easy to implement escape room activity includes both digital and print versions. The digital version is automated by a Google Form™ (no e-mail address required). A page with a QR code is provided for students to get started on the digital version (URL also provided for teachers). This product is also able to be used for distance learning. Because some of the puzzles are rather challenging, it is recommended to set up online meets/rooms if you are assigning this project remotely.

In order to complete the five puzzles in this breakout activity, students must be able to:

• Round numbers to the nearest whole and tenth to solve a challenging “Guess my Number” puzzle.
• Evaluate expressions with parentheses using order of operations.
• Compare decimal numbers to the thousandth place with <, >, and = symbols.
• Compare decimal numbers in written form
• Compare decimal numbers written in expanded form
• Solve multi-step word problems that require all four operations
• Complete basic logic puzzles (teacher tips given)

When your class starts to get antsy before Thanksgiving break, this is a great way to get some content in! This activity encourages cooperative learning, it is great for review or enrichment, and is so much fun for students!

FAQ

• Do students need to have Gmail™ accounts? NO! Anyone with internet access and a tablet, computer, or even phone can complete the breakout.
• How long will this take? That is the hardest question as the answer varies depending on each classroom, student, or group. Most students will be able to complete this activity in under 45 minutes. You can allow 60 minutes to be safe. The form will not save student data, so if you are worried about your students not finishing on time, simply have them write their answers on scratch paper. They can then come back and quickly re-enter their answers and pick up where they left off. Some students with a firm grasp on the concepts covered in this escape room will be able to complete the puzzles very quickly (20-30 minutes), others will take longer.
• Will students have to search the web to figure out the puzzles? NO! All of the information needed will be provided in the Google Form™. The math in this activity is all standards-based.
• Can this be used for distance learning? Absolutely! There are tools in the PDF to help you successfully implement this in a virtual learning setting. Because some of the puzzles in this escape room are challenging, I would recommend setting up Google Meets™ or Zoom™ groups for students to collaborate on solutions.

Encourage collaboration and provide a unique enrichment or review activity with a holiday theme!

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