4th Grade Christmas Math Activity Digital Escape Room Game The Rogue Reindeer

We've got the perfect math activity to keep your fourth graders engaged before Christmas break! The Case of the Rogue Reindeer will have your class racing to use a variety of 4th grade math skills to save Christmas! A password will be discovered through with a challenging rounding question and word problems requiring division of a three-digit number by a single digit and multiplying a two-digit number by a single-digit. Finding the missing number to form equivalent fractions will lead students to the choose the correct elevator button to push. Students will decode division problems with a cipher disk before completing a logic puzzle requiring knowledge of factors, multiples, and prime numbers.

This online activity is easy to implement and is completely automated by a Google Form™. Google™ accounts are not required; this 4th grade Christmas escape room activity can be completed by anybody with an internet-connected device and browser. There are no clues to hide, and any printable pages are optional. The puzzles are completely self-checking and the form will only allow students to progress if correct answers are entered. Students will have to read carefully to figure out ciphers and codes!

An engaging storyline keeps the action moving:

'Twas time to ready the sleigh

and all through the North Pole

Not a reindeer could be found

For that was their goal.

Can your students find the reindeer in time to deliver the presents?

Math skills required to solve the puzzles:

• Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred with a challenging rounding puzzle/question
• Multi-step word problems
• Dividing three-digits by a single digit without a remainder
• Multiplying two-digit numbers by a single-digit
• Finding missing numbers to form equivalent fractions
• Understanding factors, multiples, and prime numbers.

What's included in the PDF?

• Quickstart guide with link to escape room
• Optional link for Google Drive™ users to create a copy of the form to save to their own drives in order to view student results.
• Answer key & teacher tips
• Optional (but highly recommended) puzzle helper/recording page
• Optional cipher disk
• Success signs to snap photos with after completing the activity (optional)

FAQ

• Do students need to have Gmail™ accounts? NO! Anyone with internet access and a tablet, computer, or even phone can complete the breakout.
• How long will this take? That is the hardest question as the answer varies depending on each classroom, student, or group. Most students will be able to complete this activity in under 45 minutes. You can allow 60 minutes to be safe. The form will only save data if students are signed into Google accounts, so if you are worried about your students not finishing on time, simply have them write their answers on scratch paper. They can then come back and quickly re-enter their answers and pick up where they left off. Some students with a firm grasp on the concepts covered in this escape room will be able to complete the puzzles very quickly (20-30 minutes), others will take longer.
• Can this be used for remote learning? Yes! This product is designed to be able to be completed completely online and can be done in-person, for distance learning, or hybrid models. Students will need a device and internet connection.
• Will students have to search the web to figure out the puzzles? NO! All of the information needed will be provided in the Google Form™. The math in this activity is all standards-based.

We all know how hard it is to keep kids focused before winter break and the holidays. This online escape room will have kids practicing important standards without even realizing it!

Check out all of our winter/Christmas digital escape rooms for fourth grade:

• Revenge of the Gingerbread Man is our most challenging winter-themed 4th grade math escape room. This escape room generally takes 45-60 minutes to complete.
• Escape the Snow Globe is the easiest (but still challenging) fourth grade winter-themed activity. This is a quick escape designed to be completed in approximately 30 minutes.
• The Rogue Reindeer (this escape room) is right in the middle in difficulty and time required.