Family Literacy Night Activities – Escape Room DINOSAUR THEMED EDITABLE

Description

Engage families in a fun Literacy Night or use for a single classroom to reinforce sight words, blends, and problem solving skills. Student solve 3 clues to help a paleontologist find a missing baby dinosaur. They will have to open a box with surprises to escape their room! NO locks, or fancy boxes needed!

An Editable PowerPoint is included to personalize and to adapt to any grade. The artwork is copyright protected. Only words can be edited to personalize your student’s experience.

What’s Included

• Page 1: Cover
• Page 2: Table of Contents
• Page 3: Directions (with background music link)
• Page 4: Materials Needed
• Page 5: Set Up Checklist
• Page 6: TRAPPED LETTER (Use with CLUE 1)
• Pages 7-12: CLUE 1 (Two sets of sight words with beginning blends so you can differentiate, if needed)
• Page 13: CLUE 2 Mystery Sight Word Decoder
• Page 14: CLUE 3 Riddle
• Pages 15-18: Dinosaur Clue Posters Large (place under chairs)
• Page 19: SMALL Dinosaur Clues (to use for LARGE groups of participants)
• Page 20: Missing Poster (Baby Ankylosaurus, for Display Only)
• Page 21: Missing Poster (blank to add your own image)
• Page 22: Baby Ankylosaurus (FOUND poster to put in box)
• Page 23: Secret Whisper Collector Poster (place on exit door)
• Pages 24-26: Top Secret Covers to put on Folders (optional)
• Page 27: Help Cards (one per person)
• Page 28: Homework Passes (for prizes in the box)
• Page 29: Certificates (optional)
• Page 30: Mystery Decoder Answer Key
• Pages 31-33: Literacy Night Invite and Reminders
• Pages 34-38: PHOTOS of Suggested Set Up
• Page 39: CLASSROOM Directions
• Page 40: Credits

It takes about 60 minutes to set up depending on the amount of students participating. I enlist volunteers to help put it all together. It lasts about 20-30 min. to solve all the clues.