3rd Grade Fractions Digital Escape Room Boom Cards™ Valentine's Day Math Game
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Description
Practicing and reviewing third grade fraction standards is fun and engaging with this digital escape room activity hosted on Boom Learning℠. Students find themselves locked in the potion-maker's lab and must finish brewing a love potion in order to escape. Your class will be racing to line up fraction beakers on a number line, balance scales by creating equivalent fractions, compare fractions with the same numerator and denominator and much more. This escape room is fun to use any time of year for either virtual learning or in-person instruction. The love potion theme also makes this the perfect Valentine's Day party activity to keep kids engaged in standards-based learning with the distractions of a holiday.
Skills needed to complete this breakout:
- Find the fraction of a group from a word problem with a visual representation -Organize fractions on a number line
- Compare two fractions with the same numerator using <,>, or = symbols
- Compare two fractions with the same denominator using <,>, or = symbols
- Create basic equivalent fractions (visual models are included)
- Determine if a fraction is greater than or less than 1/2 by drawing number lines or using visual models
- Unscramble words (hints provided)
These Boom Cards™ contain audio reading of the clues. The escape room is completely self-checking and guided by the Boom Deck™. Many teachers have students show their work on paper and explain their thought processes for solving the problems after they have successfully escaped.
To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards™ play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for modern Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (a form of play that gives instant feedback to students for self-grading Boom Cards). For assignment options that report student progress back to you, you will need to purchase a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.
What is included in the PDF?
- Link to access the Boom Cards
- Easy to follow instructions
- Detailed answer key
- Teacher Tips
- Optional success signs to snap a photo with to celebrate escaping the lab
FAQ
- How long will this take? That is the hardest question as the answer varies depending on each classroom, student, or group. Some students with a firm grasp on the concepts covered in this escape room will be able to complete the challenge very quickly (20 minutes), others will take longer. The majority of students will take 30-45 minutes. Requiring students to use the show their work will increase the amount of time required to complete the puzzles.
- Will students have to search the web to figure out the puzzles? NO! All of the information needed will be provided in the Boom Deck™.
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