Thanksgiving Turkey Escape Room 5th Grade Reading and Math

Thanksgiving Turkey Escape Room

Escape rooms are a super fun and engaging way for students to practice math and reading skills! The Great Turkey Escape is a low-prep escape room activity designed for 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 5th grade math and ELA skills including:

Multiplying multi-digit numbers
Dividing multi-digit numbers without remainders
Adding fractions with unlike denominators
Converting improper fractions to mixed numbers
Comparing fractions with unlike denominators
Comparing and rounding decimal numbers
Reading non-fiction passages and answering text-based questions
Using context to understand vocabulary
Identifying main idea and author’s viewpoint

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

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.

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.