Digital escape rooms are super popular in classrooms right now because they are highly engaging for students across content areas and skill levels. Escape rooms can be done physically with lockboxes, but sometimes, it's much easier to make them digital through Google Forms. Digital escape rooms ca

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Today my students participated in our first-ever escape room. It. was. amazing. I think it's always a good sign when students are on their feet reading, leaning over a passage, and verbally thinking through text based questions. Not only did the students have a blast, they learned more about close reading and multiple choice than I could have ever taught them in a traditional lecture-style lesson. In an escape room, students are truly doing the work of learning. They are unpacking the lesson c

Use Escape Rooms in ELA to promote collaboration and critical thinking. Here's how to develop and set up a successful escape room for your students.

A Serena Williams Escape Room activity. Ideal for fifth grade or sixth grade, the activity is perfect for group work; Black History Month; Women's History Month; team-building activities; or for a fun, engaging and interactive lesson. The activity can be used in English class as it incorporates some ELA skills or in Social Studies. The activity has been split into four different tasks; your students will need to complete each of the tasks to reveal a word. Together the four words make a phrase for them to escape the room. Included in this resource: Student guidelines for completing the tasks meaning no teacher prep A student answer key to complete as they work through the tasks An informational text or reading comprehension passage A true or false fact sheet & maze A crossword puzzle A timeline activity & answer key A wordsearch puzzle Teacher answer sheets for each task ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ In Task 1 students will read an informational text about Serena Williams and then find their way through a maze by answering true or false comprehension questions. If they answer the questions correctly they will reveal their first word. In Task 2 students will use the same informational text to complete a crossword puzzle. Within the puzzle there are several hidden letters which will need to be unscrambled on the completion of the puzzle to reveal the second word. In Task 3 students will have to cut out 27 timeline task cards about important events or figures from African American athletes in the history of sport before putting them in order from the earliest date to the most recent. When they have finished their task they can glue them onto the answer key which will reveal their third word. In Task 4 students will have to find the missing words in a wordsearch puzzle before finding a hidden word from the letters that are left over in the puzzle. This hidden word is their fourth and final word. Students can then complete their student answer key with the four words they revealed before checking with the teacher to see if they have escaped successfully. ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ This resource is great for: Team-building activities Group work Research projects Reading comprehension Emergency sub plans Independent work Introducing a new topic   ⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚

Use Escape Rooms in ELA to promote collaboration and critical thinking. Here's how to develop and set up a successful escape room for your students.

Walk through the process of escape room creation for one theme, and you'll discover fun ways to hide clues and create locks as you teach your next lesson. Building escape rooms for your creative ELA classroom can be fun, once you start to peek behind the smoke and mirrors.

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Looking for a way to increase student engagement at the beginning of the school year? This fall ELA escape room challenge is the way to do it! Throughout the activity, students work collaboratively with partners or in groups to solve language arts related challenges and find clues in order to escape the apple orchard that they got lost in. This escape room is perfect for in-person, hybrid, or virtual learning as it includes both a printable PDF AND digital version. This escape room is part of the ELA Seasonal Escape Room Challenge Bundle. Click HERE to purchase as part of the bundle to save! WHAT'S INCLUDED: Digital Version Includes: Teacher guide Student Reference Sheet (for challenge #1 - parts of speech) Answer Key Link to Google Slides Challenges & Self Checking Google Form - Includes: Escape Challenge Problem Prompt Links to 5 ELA Challenge Tasks/Puzzles on Google Slides with moveable parts Completion Certificate *Students require a Google account to use the digital version Printable PDF Version Includes: Teacher guide Student Reference Sheet Escape Challenge Prompt 5 Challenge Puzzles (Color & B/W) Hint Cards Completion Certificates (for groups or individuals) Answer Key Featured ELA Focus & Skills (Included, But Not Limited To): Parts of Speech Main Ideas & Supporting Details Point of View Reading Comprehension Text Evidence Vocabulary & Context Clues Reasons why I LOVE using Escape Challenges with my students: They are academically rigorous and challenging They are an engaging way to review content skills and/or strategies They reinforce social skills, such as teamwork, collaboration, respect Students learn to manage time appropriately and focus under pressure They gamify learning in a meaningful way They encourage independence and risk taking They require students to problem solve and think critically Check out these related products you might also love! → ELA Escape Room: Holiday Bundle | Distance Learning → ELA Escape Room | Save the Zoo | Distance Learning → Holiday Writing Activity - Finish the Story | Distance Learning → Winter Holiday Narrative & Informational Writing Activities | Roll & Write → Escape Room Challenge: Escape the Candy Factory {Valentine's Day} → ELA Escape Room: Trap the Leprechaun {St. Patrick's Day} → End of Year ELA Review Escape Room | Distance Learning If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at [email protected] or DM me on instagram @thecollaborativeclass! _______________________________________________ Let's Connect! Be sure to follow my: ★ Blog ★ Instagram ★ Facebook ★ Pinterest _______________________________________________ Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ _______________________________________________ Copyright information: Copyright © Michele Giannattasio - The Collaborative Class All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only. Not for public display. If you intend to share with others, please purchase an additional license.

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This blog post will help you learn all that you need to know to start using engaging escape rooms in your ELA classroom. You will get my best tips and tricks for how to successfully use escape rooms in your class.

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Help your students learn and remember critical academic vocabulary words frequently used on high-stakes tests with this ELA Test Prep Vocabulary Escape Room Activity. This download includes teacher directions, student directions, and all of the printable resources necessary to hold an escape activity in your classroom. BEFORE THE ESCAPE Introduce the 40 words includes in this Escape Room to your students with a word sort. This will allow them to think about their knowledge of the words. DURING THE ESCAPE Students will complete four different test prep, vocabulary-focused ELA tasks that rely on matching words to definitions, sorting words, unscrambling words, and demonstrating the meaning of a word. Throughout these four tasks, students will apply words in different ways to actively learn the words. AFTER THE ESCAPE Conclude the escape activity with a quick write reflection and word association activity. These post activities will help reinforce the content of the ELA Vocab Test Prep break-out activity. This Escape Room Activity comes with these 40 words: Argument Assume Claim Compare Concrete Contradict Credible Determine Edit Emphasize Evaluate Evidence Exaggerate Excerpt Explanation Illustrate Imply Inference Interpretation Modify Narrative Observation Opinion Paraphrase Plagiarize Predict Publish Purpose Quote Reflect Refute Relevant Research Sensory Source Specific Stanza Summarize Tone Verify Check out my other engaging and exciting escape room activities: ELA Test Prep Nonfiction Reading Escape Room Activity Growth Mindset Escape Room Activity Follow Me on TpT!

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I am obsessed with escape rooms! They are so much fun! I wish that I could do one every day. On my spring break trip to Atlanta I was able to do three in one day and it was super exhilarating! Before my state test I decided that I wanted to do a fun review game for my kids and decided to try my hand at an escape room. It took a lot of trial and error, but it was a MASSIVE success. I decided to share my escape room plans with you as best as I can in case you want to try something similar in your classroom. Step 1: The days leading up to the escape room I rolled a suitcase around with me (You will see why) Step 2: I broke the students into four groups Step 3: I created a newspaper article that informed students that I was taking over the world and handed one out to each group. Newspaper Generator Step four: I hid a card in my miniature file cabinet that said, "Don't just stand there in limbo, take a look in the classroom window." Step five: The first set of clues to decipher that opened the Word Lock was hidden behind a book in the window. Figurative Language Word Lock Clues Step six: Inside of Lock #1was the POV clues POV Directional Lock Step seven: Inside of Lock #2 was a set of UV flashlights and 4 pieces of seemingly blank paper. Once the UV lights were turned on students will find a number on each of their pieces of paper. This opened the lockbox. Step eight: Inside the lock box was four ziplock bags with puzzle pieces and a short story for each of the groups. The students need to read the short story and then put together their puzzle. One of the puzzles will have the correct symbol answer written in UV pen, the other three will be distractors with penalties. Symbolism Door Lock Clues Step nine: Each group will get a reading passage with multiple choice questions. Once they finish the passages, if they answered the questions correctly they will get their groups number to contribute to the final lock box. Reading Passages Lock Box Step ten: Students open the suitcase and thwart my takeover! Some pictures of my students completing the tasks Supplies I used (Click on the pictures) (3 boxes)

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This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with identifying the meaning of various word roots. Important: (How to Make Completely Digital) This product normally requires the printing of the questions to accompany a digital form for students to input answers. But if you follow a couple simple steps, this can be made entirely digital! Just use the following tool: https://smallpdf.com/split-pdf (choose "extract pages") to extract the pages containing the questions into its own PDF. You can then upload that PDF to your Google Classroom, or something similar, so that the students can view the puzzles online. This escape room then becomes completely digital! Important: Please view the Video Preview (found within the thumbnails above) for an explanation on how to decode the levels. Contents:          ♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ          ♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions          ♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels          ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key          ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room Check out the preview for more details! More Escape Rooms: All the following topics can be found in the Ultimate ELA Escape Room Bundle (60% OFF!) Reading Comprehension: Get all 15 (35% OFF) in the Bundle! ♦ Character Traits ♦ Drawing Conclusions ♦ Figurative Language ♦ Genres ♦ Idioms ♦ Informational Text Structures ♦ Literary Devices ♦ Metaphors ♦ Nonfiction Text Features ♦ Point of View ♦ Sequencing ♦ Setting ♦ Similes ♦ Story Elements ♦ Theme Vocabulary: Get all 10 (35% OFF) in the Bundle! ♦ Analogies - 3rd Grade (not in bundle) ♦ Analogies - 4th Grade (not in bundle) ♦ Analogies - 5th Grade (not in bundle) ♦ Analogies - 6th Grade (not in bundle) ♦ Analogies - 7th Grade (not in bundle) ♦ Analogies - 8th Grade (not in bundle) ♦ Analogies - 9th Grade (not in bundle) ♦ Antonyms ♦ Commonly Misspelled Words ♦ Context Clues ♦ Multiple Meaning Words ♦ Prefixes ♦ Root Words ♦ Shades of Meaning ♦ Suffixes ♦ Synonyms ♦ Transition Words Grammar: Get all 13 (35% OFF) in the Bundle! ♦ Adjectives ♦ Adverbs ♦ Apostrophes ♦ Appositives ♦ Collective Nouns ♦ Commas ♦ Contractions ♦ Helping Verbs ♦ Parts of Speech ♦ Plural Nouns ♦ Prepositions ♦ Pronoun Antecedent Agreement ♦ Verbs

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Using ELA Mysteries in your classroom will bring an engaging take on ELA review and skills. Your students will love these!

A digital escape room includes all of the same concepts as a physical escape room, but instead takes place in a video game like setting...

This ELA escape room challenge is the perfect way to engage your students during your ELA block, while still teaching the standards! This is a mixed ELA review, which makes it perfect for test prep review or and end of the year ELA review. Both a printable PDF version AND digital version are included. This makes it perfect for in-person, hybrid, or virtual learning. This digital escape room uses Google Forms and Google Slides. Students drag and drop moveable pieces and type in pre-made text boxes in Google Slides for an interactive experience. Throughout the activity, students can work independently, collaboratively with partners, or in groups to solve reading and language arts related challenges and find clues in order reverse the town's decision to shut down the zoo. Featured ELA Focus & Skills (Included, But Not Limited To): Inferring Cause & Effect Figurative Language Reading Comprehension Text Evidence Context Clues & Vocabulary WHAT'S INCLUDED: Digital Version Includes: Teacher guide Answer Key Link to Google Form that houses the following: Escape Challenge Problem Prompt Links to 6 ELA Challenge Tasks/Puzzles on Google Slides with moveable parts Completion Certificate Print Version Includes: Teacher guide Escape Challenge Prompt 6 Challenge Puzzles (Color & B/W) Hint Cards Completion Certificates (for groups or individuals) Answer Key Please download the preview to see a closer look at what's included! :) [IMPORTANT NOTE: Some districts block students from accessing links from outside users. If this is the case at your school, your students will likely receive a permissions error from Google Drive when trying to access the escape room challenges. Please check students' settings before purchasing. If this is the case, I have a few possible trouble shooting options that may work. They are included in the Teacher Directions or you may email me at [email protected]] Reasons why I LOVE using Escape Challenges with my students: They are academically rigorous and challenging They are an engaging way to review content skills and/or strategies They reinforce social skills, such as teamwork, collaboration, respect Students learn to manage time appropriately and focus under pressure They gamify learning in a meaningful way They encourage independence and risk taking They require students to problem solve and think critically Check out these related products and the reviews from other buyers to see how much their students love them! Escape Challenges: Holiday Growing Bundle {ELA Skills} Escape Challenge: Halloween Haunted House {Making Inferences} Escape Challenge: Save the Turkey! {Thanksgiving Activity} Escape Challenge: Save the Holidays Around the World Escape Challenge: Escape the Candy Factory {Valentine's Day} Escape Challenge: Trap the Leprechaun {St. Patrick's Day} Escape Challenge: Find the Easter Bunny Escape Challenge: Save the Summer! Are you following my TpT store yet? If not, click HERE. New products are always 50% off for the first 24 hours they are posted. It pays to follow me! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at [email protected] or DM me on instagram @thecollaborativeclass! _______________________________________________ Let's Connect! Be sure to follow my: ★ Blog ★ Instagram ★ Facebook ★ Pinterest _______________________________________________ Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ _______________________________________________ Copyright information: Copyright © Michele Giannattasio - The Collaborative Class All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only. Not for public display. If you intend to share with others, please purchase an additional license.

Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room style game with your students today! In this game, students must help Perseus find Medusa, before they are turned to stone. Students must solve a string of ELA questions and clues based on Greek and Latin roots to escape this risky situation. If your class has never played an escape style game before, I suggest playing this as a whole class. However, materials are provided for up to 6 different groups to play at one time. **Versions with and without QR codes included! This is an interactive game where the students are timed. Students try and solve clues and literacy questions to breakout and escape the classroom.You, the teacher, can decide how much time your students have to complete the task. I suggest 45 minutes, but it is up to your discretion. You can project a timer for your class, or put one somewhere for all the students to see, so they can keep track of how much time they have left to complete their task. This is similar to a scavenger hunt where students will be moving around the room, looking for clues to unlock their envelopes (I have included riddles and suggestions on where to hide each clue). A paper is provided so students can write their work down. For many of the questions, students must have an answer that matches one on an envelope. If the answers do not match, they can’t open or “unlock” the envelope, and must rework the question. *Everything is included, however teachers must provide their own envelopes. I give step by step instructions on how to set up the game, including pictures! This is sure to capture the attention of your students. Topics covered include: Greek roots Latin roots Check out these other Cracking the Classroom Code® games: 3RD GRADE Cracking the Classroom Code® Math Games: Save by buying the bundle! 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Take a look inside my completely updated and redesigned interactive escape room for teaching The Odyssey. New art, new hints, and more!