Fall Thanksgiving Turkey ESCAPE ROOM ELA & Math 4th Grade Fractions

Escape rooms are a super fun and engaging way for students to practice academic skills! The Great Turkey Escape is a low-prep escape room activity designed for 4th grade (or skill review in 5th grade) and is perfect for fall or the days leading up to Thanksgiving!

Start by reading a fun storyline that sends your students to the farm to help poor turkey who wants to escape. The Thanksgiving meal is only a few days away and the only way for him to save himself is by solving puzzles to open various lock throughout the farm.

Each lock has its own task. To complete the task, students will use a variety of 4th grade math and ELA skills including:

• Multiplying and dividing multiples of ten
• Reading non-fiction passages and answering text-based questions
• Using context to understand vocabulary
• Adding fractions with like denominators
• Converting improper fractions to mixed numbers
• Comparing fractions and finding equivalent fractions
• Identifying adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs

There are 5 locks in this turkey escape room. Completing a task correctly will reveal a code to open the lock.

Everything is included to set up your turkey escape room:

• Location cards
• Task sheets for each room
• Recording sheets
• Answer keys
• Teacher directions
• Student directions
• Digital task sheets

This escape room has 2 options for the secret codes:

• Using a device, students enter their answers in Google Forms
• Students check their answers against the teacher's answer key

You can choose whichever option works best for your classroom. The Google Forms option does not require students to sign in or use any personal information. You do not need a Google account. They will simply enter their answers in the form. If it is correct, the form gives them the next clue.

DIGITAL PAGES

All 5 puzzle pages have been prepared for use in Easel if you wish to assign these as digital worksheets.

This activity is very easy to implement. There aren't a bunch of pieces to put together and organize. It allows you to give your students academic tasks wrapped together in holiday-themed activity without a lot of teacher prep.

Visit my store for MORE ESCAPE ROOM ACTIVITIES like:

• Haunted House Escape
• North Pole Escape (Christmas theme)
• Escape the School (end of year)