5th Grade Math End of Year Escape Room Activity

Students work together to review 5th grade math skills in this end of year math escape room style activity. The eight challenges require students to use skills from each group of standards to find the codes that open each puzzle.

What’s included

• CCSS and TEKS standard alignment
• Four pages of escape directions
• A digital lock option
• Links to locks/boxes to purchase
• An “unpacking” video where I walk you through prep and setup
• Detailed puzzle teacher information
• 8 challenges with prep instructions and materials
• Hint cards for each challenge (PDF format and editable PPT format)
• Group code sheet
• Student workbook
• Photos that show each challenge prepped
• End of escape signs and a sign template
• Prize ideas
• Answer keys

How it works

What makes this escape different is that the challenges do not have to be completed in any particular order. To “escape”, students have to find all 8 codes. This allows for:

• Differentiation
• Removal of challenges for time
• Making only one copy of each challenge, because as groups finish one challenge their next one can be whatever is available

Materials needed

All you will need is a ruler and scissors. You do not need to spend money on locks and boxes, although that option and links to materials are included. You can use manila folders or the included digital lock.

Good to know

Even though this is an “End of Year” escape, it is not a complete review of all the 5th grade standards. Math escapes do focus on content, but the primary focus is on the collaboration and the problem solving. Please do not use this activity as a year end test review. Use it to wrap up the year, or to start 6th grade by reviewing old skills.

Quick facts

• Grade: 5
• CCSS: 5.MD.A.1, 5.MD.C.5b, 5.NBT.A.3a, 5.NBT.A.4, 5.NBT.B.6, 5.NBT.B.7, 5.OA.A.1, 5.NF.A.1, 5.NF.A.2, 5.NF.B.4
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

This resource will not be added to my 5th Grade Math Activities Endless Bundle because it is part of the Math Escapes Membership.

More end of year escapes:

• 6th Grade Math End of Year Escape Activity
• 7th Grade Math End of Year Escape Activity
• 8th Grade Math End of Year Escape Activity

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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