Haunted Escape Room for Character Traits
Meet our Haunted House 360° Digital Escape Room
Halloween is a special time of the year – kids just love to dress up as their favorite characters! So, what better time than now to strengthen your students understanding of Character Traits? We know that getting students to apply their knowledge of literary elements can be a challenge but, teacher friends, don’t be scared! Our Haunted House 360° Digital Escape Room is a unique resource that will “spook away” the prep time and leave only the fun!
What teachers say:
The kids had a blast and were asking me for more. Thanks so much for the efforts you put into making things easy for teachers and fun for students!
Julie R. | September 28, 2020 | 5 stars
What is a 360° Digital Escape Room?
They are responsive three-dimensional images with hidden hotspots and puzzles.
The puzzles vary: fraction operations, crossword puzzles, mystery multisyllabic words search… there are over 20 different puzzle types!
Learn more about our 360° Digital Escape Rooms.
What makes this Haunted House 360° Digital Escape Room a perfect fit?
My Haunted House Escape Room requires students to understand many character traits, setting, character development, theme, point of view, and author’s message all within the 360° Halloween-themed digital escape room which engages students and peaks their curiosity. As students move around the 360° picture, it changes and reveals more clues for them to solve.
What benefits can I expect from this 360° Escape Room?
1. Improved Understanding of Literary Terms
While the Haunted House Escape Room is designed to bring excitement to the classroom in October, its main purpose is to review and apply character traits standards such as:
- Recognizing the impacts of setting on a character
- Noticing how setting, events, character development contribute to plot
- Inferring a character’s feelings
- Realizing how a character changes and develops
- Understanding how character traits help reveal theme
- Noting the development of theme through details
- Recognizing a narrator’s point of view
- Identifying the author’s message
In addition to meeting Common Core standards, the Haunted House Escape Room meets all state character trait standards for Virginia, Texas, and Florida.
Because this is a review game, character traits should be taught before attempting the reading escape room. However, the Halloween Escape Room comes with a free list of character traits.
2. Increased Collaboration
Although the Haunted House Escape Room can be an individual task, playing in small groups is best. This allows students to have the added benefit of collaborating with peers and solving problems together. Thorough this type of activity, students develop and use 21st century learning skills. Isn’t that what we all hope to see in our classrooms?
What teachers say:
Your escape rooms are so helpful! My students are 100% engaged and collaborative
Dea S. | February 14, 2021 | 5 Stars
3. Escape Rooms Get Gritty!
Above all, the Haunted House Escape Room is an activity with purpose! 360° digital escape rooms also improve student resilience and teach them to tackle difficult tasks. As psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth shared in her TED Talk, students who develop grit are more likely to succeed both academically and professionally. Although this digital reading escape room covers both 4th and 5th grade literacy standards, 5th graders typically perform better. However, 4th graders develop grit while using this product!
I love the materials in this resource. The kids were totally engaged and the questions really made them think. Thanks
Missy T. | September 28, 2020 | 5 stars
4. Improved Technology Skills
First, students get to apply literacy skills with a reading escape room. Secondly, they get to develop teamwork and collaboration by working in groups. Third, they develop grit while working to solve complex problems. While doing all of these things, they are getting the added bonus of improving their technology skills. Although our students were basically born with a digital device in their hands, we sometimes take it for granted that they know how to use computers. That is not always the case. Any activity like the Haunted House Digital Escape Room that requires students to use technology to solve problems will improve their digital skills.
What teachers say:
My students absolutely loved this! This also helped expanding their technology knowledge.
Leesha T. | November 4, 2020 | 5 stars
What Tasks Will Students Complete?
The reading escape room includes a variety of activities including:
- Piecing together jigsaw puzzles
- Solving word searches and crossword puzzles
- Completing fill-in-the-blanks
- Sequencing events
- Finding synonyms for specific character traits
- Reading, listening to, and answering questions based on short stories
When can I use this 360° Digital Escape Room?
Our 360° Digital Escape Rooms work for In-Person and Remote Learners.
In addition to being an enjoyable way to review character traits, the beauty of a 360° reading escape room is its versatility. No matter if you are teaching students face-to-face, hybrid, or remotely, this Haunted House Escape Room will work for any teaching scenario. While it can be challenging to keep distance learners involved and actively participating in class, this reading escape room will definitely grab their attention and keep them engaged.
What teachers say:
My students were absolutely absorbed with this resource. The questions are right on target with how I taught my character traits. I appreciate that I could use with in-person and online students. Thanks a lot!
Sherese’s Resources (TpT Seller) | September 28, 2020 | 5 stars
Great hybrid product for both in-class and online students. Love how detailed the teacher key is too. Thanks.
Sam H. | September 28, 2020 | 5 stars
As a teacher, what will be my role in this activity?
When students are working on their Halloween Escape Room, the teacher simply becomes a guide. If a group gets stuck, help students consider a new way of thinking or show them how to apply their higher order thinking skills. You become a cheerleader and coach! Cheer the groups on as they tackle the challenges of the reading escape room and celebrate their successes when they are done! Beyond that, all you need to do is have computers ready to use, provide scratch paper for each group, and check to make sure the following sites are not blocked by your school:
- CrosswordLabs.Com
- JigsawPlanet.Com
- Google Forms
- Google Slides
- YouTube.Com
- Thinglink.Com
You will also want to clear the cache between classes if you have multiple groups playing the Haunted House Escape Room on one computer. Other than that, you can sit back and enjoy this low prep activity!
There’s nothing frightening about the Haunted House 360° Digital Escape Room. It’s all treats—no tricks—for the busy elementary school teacher! Get yours today!
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