Tornadoes Mini Digital Escape: Reading Comprehension

Kids are obsessed with natural disasters...The worse the weather, the more they love it! Why not leverage that interest to build reading comprehension and problem-solving? TORNADOES! This fully interactive reading comprehension activity teaches students about tornadoes in a fun and engaging way.

Students read, watch, and solve a puzzle to win this one-lock escape.

Why students love it...

• They get to play a game.
• It's fully interactive and digital.
• It's easy to read, watch, and learn about something they are interested in.

Why teachers love it...

• When students are interested, they are engaged.
• When students are engaged, they learn and it makes your job easier.
• There is no prep and no copies needed. Just share the link and go!

The benefits of this mini-version escape room are that it is perfect for introducing students to the concept of escape rooms. This escape will be perfect for a 30-40 minute class period, allowing students to open computers, link, and have fun learning and practicing comprehension skills.

• Assign with one link!
• Works seamlessly with Chromebooks
• NO GOOGLE!
• Great for introducing students to holidays
• A great introduction to playing digital escape rooms
• A completion phrase is provided to students as proof they completed the escape.
• Step-by-step teacher instructions with the answer key are provided

Digital Escape Room Tip for Teachers:

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Included in this resource:

• Teacher guide on how to use the resource
• The link and embed code to the digital game
• A worksheet you can have the students do to record answers
• A word search worksheet
• The worksheets are available to be completed as an Easel activity on TpT

See what other teachers like you are saying about similar mini-escapes:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I got COVID and had to go on maternity leave early. This pack saved me! It was so easy to email to my sub and it was great for her. I felt good that it was easy for a sub to use and rigorous enough for my students. -Courtney H.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students had so much fun completing this mini escape room in class today. All of my students finished within 30 minutes and my higher-level students were finishing around 15-20 minutes.

Check out some of my other one-lock informational Mini-Escapes:

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Frederick Douglass
• Harriet Tubman
• Chinese New Year
• Groundhog Day
• Ruby Bridges
• Point of View with Fairy Tales
• Probability
• History of Earth Day
• Importance of Trees and Plants - Earth Day
• The Life Cycle of a Chicken
• The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
• Cinco de Mayo
• Memorial Day
• Interjections
• Hurricanes
• Tornadoes

Math Mini-Escapes

• Math Battle 3rd Grade - 4th Grade - 5th Grade
• Find the Imposter 2nd Grade - 3rd Grade - 4th Grade - 5th Grade

And, if you would like to try one of my larger Escapes:

• St. Patrick's Day-Grammar Review
• Genres
• Immigration at Ellis Island
• Verbs
• Holidays Around the World
• Adjectives
• Back to School-Character Traits
• Free Back to School Social
• Back to School-Teamwork
• Minecraft
• Black History-Civil Rights Leaders
• Earth Day
• The Oregon Trail
• Fractions
• Field Day-Grammar Review
• Summer
• Nouns
• Edward Tulane
• Honey Bees FREE
• Adverbs
• Pronouns
• Stan the Snowman-Winter Fun Puzzles

Be sure to check out the video preview to see what's included.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks!

Hilary Lewis