Do your students have the before-break-blues? Check out an ELA digital escape room that will have students embark on the ultimate classroom adventure!
Are your students…
✅ Asking “day one” questions
✅ Checking out quicker than usual
✅ Using their phones SO MUCH MORE
✅ Groaning about “actually doing stuff” (the AUDACITY)
✅ Itching for a movie day (maybe you are more so than them)
✅ Crawling towards the holiday break (again…maybe you are more than them)
If so, your students have the “before-break-blues.”
Don’t worry, it’s totally curable. What does the trick for my students?
1️⃣ Something FUN that does not feel like learning
2️⃣ Something digital to keep the phone itch at bay
3️⃣ Something collaborative because my kids LOVE to talk…about strictly off-topic things this time of year
So, what’s the cure? 🥁 DRUM ROLL PLEASE 🥁
An ELA digital escape room!
My 9th grade students were reading, analyzing, and collaborating in the MOST ENGAGED manner I had seen them do so to-date! On the Friday before break, they were begging to do more digital escape rooms upon our return.
What was I doing while they played the ELA digital escape room?
⭐ Watch my students love learning during the most checked out time of the year
⭐ Make core memories with my students as they self-guided their own learning experience
⭐ Feel accomplished knowing ALL my students learned with little prep required on my end
⭐ Relaxed knowing the ELA digital escape room is standards-aligned and benefits both students & teacher
⭐ Answer a few emails with peace of mind knowing that even my most reluctant learners were fully engaged
If you’re ready to cure your students’ before-break-blues, below, I share my top two recommendations for an engaging ELA digital escape room.
Burnbridge Breakouts is an ELA digital escape room series that…
✨ Follows different teen protagonists as they solve a mystery in Burnbridge
✨ Provides reading intervention for 8th and 9th-grade students who read below level
✨ Features high-interest fiction and nonfiction texts for reluctant readers
✨ Uses puzzles & riddles to engage students in collaboration & critical thinking
✨ Has students practice making inferences, sequencing, and prioritizing information
✨ Is designed to take students approximately 45-60 minutes for each game
✨ Includes extension activities, an answer key, and a Teacher’s Guide
Check out the video preview to learn more about Burnbridge!
TERMINUS is a four-part digital adventure series that…
✨ Is a dystopian found-text adventure where students must find a cure to a pandemic
✨ Is geared towards 8th and 9th grade students who read below level
✨ Can be used in ELA, Science, and Reading Intervention classes
✨ Has students practice making inferences, sequencing, and prioritizing information
✨ Is designed to take students approximately 45-60 minutes for each game
✨ Includes extension activities, an answer key, and a Teacher’s Guide
Check out the trailer and preview to learn more about Terminus!
If you’re indecisive like me, this sampler resource includes the first chapter to both ELA digital escape rooms, so you can try both!
OR if you’re looking for a specific ELA escape room to align with a text or genre, check out this blog post! It overviews 20+ ELA digital escape rooms all in one place. We even have an ELA escape room template for you to make your own.
In other words, you’ve got a ton of options to cure the before-break-blues!
Closing Comments
Still have some lingering questions? This blog post answers the top ten FAQ’s for ELA digital escape rooms!
You can also ALWAYS reach out to us, so we can best help you on your ELA digital escape room journey. 🙂
I hope you and your students have a restful and restorative fall and winter break.
Happy teaching!
Carina
