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The Wacky Professor's Treasure - Mini Escape Room Activity

Updated: 30 May 2023

A mini escape room activity that allows students to complete grammar tasks, while working together to solve a riddle!

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Grades: 2 - 4

Curriculum

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.D

Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.C

Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.E

Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.G

Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).*

ELAR 2.3

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to: (1) use print or digital resources...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 2
ELAR 2.11(D)(ii)

Past, present, and future verb tense;
ELAR 2.11(D)(x)

End punctuation, apostrophes in contractions, and commas with items in a series and in dates; and
ELAR 3.3

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to: (1) use print or digital resources...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 3
ELAR 3.3(D)

Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.
ELAR 3.11(D)(ii)

Past, present, and future verb tense;
ELAR 3.11(D)(x)

Punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions and possessives and commas in compound sentences and items in a series; and
ELAR 4.3

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to: (1) use print or digital resources...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 4
ELAR 4.3(D)

Identify, use, and explain the meaning of homophones such as reign/rain.

teaching resource

The Wacky Professor's Treasure - Mini Escape Room Activity

Updated: 30 May 2023

A mini escape room activity that allows students to complete grammar tasks, while working together to solve a riddle!

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Grades: 2 - 4

A mini escape room activity that allows students to complete grammar tasks, while working together to solve a riddle!

The aim of this activity is to apply students’ understanding of language concepts using puzzles and hands-on activities in an engaging role-play scenario.

The Wacky Professor has secured a precious treasure in a locked box, protected by a code which is in the form of a sentence. She has created five grammar activities and a riddle for the students to solve. By correctly completing the activities, the students will have the five words needed to unlock the box. The riddle will help them put the words together in the correct order, building a sentence.

The information provided to the students is:

The Wacky Professor has locked a treasure in a box, protected by a code. The code is a sentence that has five words. She has created five puzzles and a riddle for you to solve. By correctly completing the puzzles, you will have the five words needed to build a sentence that will unlock the box.

Your task is to solve the five puzzles that will lead to unlocking the box. Use the riddle to put the five words in the correct order. The first group to solve the code and open the box will receive its contents!

The activities include:

a contractions word search
a verb tense table with missing words
scrambled words
homophones
keypad code to decipher.

An answer key has been included with the download.

Curriculum

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.D

Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.C

Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.E

Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.G

Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).*

ELAR 2.3

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to: (1) use print or digital resources...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 2
ELAR 2.11(D)(ii)

Past, present, and future verb tense;
ELAR 2.11(D)(x)

End punctuation, apostrophes in contractions, and commas with items in a series and in dates; and
ELAR 3.3

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to: (1) use print or digital resources...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 3
ELAR 3.3(D)

Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.
ELAR 3.11(D)(ii)

Past, present, and future verb tense;
ELAR 3.11(D)(x)

Punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions and possessives and commas in compound sentences and items in a series; and
ELAR 4.3

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to: (1) use print or digital resources...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 4
ELAR 4.3(D)

Identify, use, and explain the meaning of homophones such as reign/rain.

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