Looking for a Low Prep Thanksgiving Escape Room to include in your 4th Grade Thanksgiving Week Plans?

Your 4th graders will love this "Disguise a Turkey" Thanksgiving math escape room activity! Students embark on an exciting math journey to disguise Tommy the Turkey and help him escape before Thanksgiving dinner. This takes about 15 minutes for a teacher to prep, and your students will have SO much fun solving these problems, they won't even know they are doing math!

Not teaching 4th grade this year? Check out the 3rd grade or 5th grade versions!

HOW TO PLAY:

• Students work collaboratively in groups to find and solve six different clues.
• Students will solve math puzzles, decode numbers, unscramble letters, match keys to locks, create a feast based off multiplication, and decode secret messages.
• Using their answers, they will find the next clue in envelopes around the room.
• Set a timer for 45-60 minutes so students can race the clock.

LOW PREP:

• If you're like me, you LOVE doing escape rooms with your class, but you hate the hours and hours of prep time they take!
• This is why I've created an escape room that is HIGH fun and LOW prep! All you need is:
• 6 large envelopes or manila folders
• Paper/Printer
• Glue, Scissors, and Coloring Utensils for the kids
• About 15 minutes to make copies and assemble envelopes.

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

• Instructions to Assemble and Play the Game
• Envelope Labels
• 4th Grade Math Clues:
  • Use Multi-Digit Multiplication to create a "turkey-free" feast
  • Decode Thanksgiving Numbers to Solve a Multi-Step Word Problem
  • Match Keys to their Locks to do Long Division
  • Round Numbers and Unscramble Letters
  • Add and Subtract Multi-Digit Numbers to Complete a Puzzle
  • Decode a Thanksgiving Message
• Fast Finisher Rewards for Quick Groups: You can choose to have students color a disguised turkey or disguise their own!
• Optional Student Work Page
• Full Answer Keys
• View Preview to Look Through the Clues!

This activity is the perfect way to channel that Thanksgiving week energy into sharpening collaboration and math skills!

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