No Prep digital escape rooms for elementary students
Were you ready to jump on the digital escape room games in your elementary classroom, until you realized that there were so many task cards to print, things to juggle, and papers to store? And then… what happens when one thing gets lost? I know… been there! I created several different escape rooms using task cards, QR codes, google forms, and slides – but UGHHH! By the end, I was more frustrated with everything than enjoying the game.
THEN CAME BOOM cards/decks! Well…actually, after that came Google Sites – we made these for our district for a HOT MINUTE! Then came Boom! With Boom – everything is NOT ONLY internet based, but they are self-checking, self-guiding, and SUPER engaging! Oh… AND – PAPERLESS and NO PREP! Ya’ll… it doesn’t get better than that! Right?
With these No Prep Digital Escape Rooms for Elementary students…
- You can use the free account
- Just share the link with the students through any LMS
- Students work through it at their own pace
- There are movable images for most of my games so these are interactive for k-2 students
- There’s a cute story for each of my sets dealing with Monty, our classroom “Mascot”
- Just need internet access – can be used on any device
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MONTY…
He’s a fun loving little monkey who just can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Your students will need to help Monty in every digital escape with some type of issue. Either Monty has locked up something and forgets the code, or just needs help with certain math or ELA objectives. :). They love helping Monty!
Here’s how it works:
- Purchase a deck (sign up for the free account if you’ve never used Boom before
- Once you purchase and have a free account, you will need to click on the link provided in the PDF
- Your deck will go into your Boom Library
- Next, go to the library tab
- Your decks will show up
- Then click on the Action button next to the deck you want to share
- Then click on FastPin
- This will generate a link for you
- You will need to grab that link, and then share out to your students
Keep in mind that this once students start, they will need to have time to complete the entire game. If you have to stop, they will have to start over.
1OOTH DAY DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty is super excited about 100th day, but when he walks up to his classroom there’s a really OLD lady standing there. He gets scared and runs away. It’s your job to find Monty and bring him back to the classroom.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Making a ten when adding three numbers
- Equal Expressions
- Rhyming Words
- Sight Words
APRIL FOOL’S DAY DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty loves a good laugh, and so of course he is super excited for April Fools’ Day.
Even though Mrs. Montgomery told Monty that jokes aren’t for school time, he wasn’t paying attention. Monty mixes up things in the classroom, and it’s your students job to get things back in order.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Telling Time to the hour and half hour
- Place Value
- Missing Addends
- Building words
- R Blends
BACK TO SCHOOL DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty is super excited about the first day of school. But the closer he gets to his classroom, the more nervous he becomes. He will be asked to practice certain skills, and your students will need to help. Let’s make Monty’s first day of school a successful one… with your help, I know we can!
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Letter Recognition
- Letter/Sound Recognition
- Counting to 10
- Matching Capital Letters to Lowercase Letters
CHRISTMAS DIGITAL ESCAPE:
In this digital escape, Monty just needs some help with reading his lines for the Christmas play. The students need you to help Monty with sight words and building words and sentences so that he can read his lines. Are you up for the challenge? For every task you complete, Monty gets another part of his costume. Get all the parts to the costume, and Monty is ready to say his lines.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- ending blends
- sight words
- building words
- building sentences
FIELD TRIP DIGITAL ESCAPE: (TO THE ZOO)
Mrs. Montgomery and her class are heading to the zoo for a field trip. Monty wants to see certain animals along the way, but he has to work on math and ELA problems before he can see them.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Letter substitution
- Bossy e words
- Addition with 10 (up to 20)
- Place value up to 50
- Science – animal facts
FIELD DAY DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty is super excited about Field Day. His favorite activity is Tug-of-War, but his teacher wants them to practice ELA and Math skills while playing the other games. The only way to get to tug-of-war is to complete the skills.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Counting money dimes and pennies
- Telling Time to the hour and half hour
- Word Family Practice
- Pronouns
WINTER DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty is super excited about his “snow” day, but then he finds out that he still has to do school work. Can you help Monty so that he can go outside and play in the snow?
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Number bonds to 20
- Beginning blends
- Compound words
- Skip counting by 5s and 10s
END OF YEAR DIGITAL ESCAPE: (GRADUATION DAY)
It’s time for our first grade graduation, but Monty’s teacher is not sure he’s ready to move on. So it’s up to the students in room M222 to help Monty with his math and ELA so that he can get a cap and gown. Monty learns a few lessons along the way! (Like he needs to pay attention when the teacher is teaching!!)
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Make the equation true (two subtraction sides)
- Singular and plural nouns with matching verbs
- -dge, sh, and th word practice
- Tens and ones (write a number with eight tens and 2 ones)
PUZZLES COVERED:
- One mixed up sentence
- One decoding puzzle
- One picture puzzle
CHRISTMAS DIGITAL ESCAPE (MONTY IS STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY):
In this digital escape, Monty gets curious as to how Santa goes down the chimney, so he sneaks up to the roof and climbs into the chimney. But he didn’t realize how dark it was going to be. It’s your job to help him get back into the cozy living room to finish hearing the Christmas story.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Place value
- S Blends
- Skip Counting
- Greater than Less Than
HALLOWEEN DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty decides that he wants to go to a Haunted House. As soon as they get there, he gets lost. The students will need to find Monty and get out of the house within one hour.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Make the equation true (two subtraction sides)
- Halloween Words
- Building sentences
- Missing addends
- Making a ten to add (9 + 3 is the same as 10 + 2)
MONTY AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE FIELD TRIP DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty and his classmates are heading to the local tree farm to get a Christmas tree for their classroom. Students will need to help find the owner so that they can pick the perfect tree for their classroom. There’s just a few problems… Monty is picky! Students will also have to help Monty decorate the tree just the way Monty wants it!
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Addition Facts to 20
- Subtraction within 20
- Long vowel words
- Sight words
- Decorate a Christmas Tree
VALENTINE’S DAY DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty is super excited about sharing the things he made for his teacher and classmates on Valentine’s Day. But he has to put them in his cubbie until the end of the day. He doesn’t want anyone to see them, so he locks his cubbie. BUT… by the end of the day, he can’t remember the combination. Can you help?
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Greater than, Less than, Equal to
- Graphing
- Ending Blends
- Long Vowel Words
TEDDY GOES TO SCHOOL WITH MONTY (THANKSGIVING) DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty invites Teddy the Turkey to class, but Teddy has never been in school before. It’s your job to help him with the skills that the teacher is going over.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- S Blends
- Addition and Subtraction
- Sight Words
- Greater than and Less than
PUMPKIN PATCH FIELD TRIP DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Monty and his classmates are heading to the Pumpkin Patch for a field trip. Monty is so excited, that he locks them inside the bus, then he gets lost in the pumpkin patch, and then he can’t find his tools to build a pumpkin. Do you think your students can help Monty?
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Addition Facts to 12
- Missing Addends to 12
- Subtraction within 12
- Short vowel words
- Sight words (then, thank, how, after, has, again, know, think, them, every)
- Build a pumpkin to match mine
OPEN HOUSE DIGITAL ESCAPE:
Mrs. Montgomery is trying to get everything ready for Open House. She needs the students to work on certain things, and she needs your students to help Monty get all of the projects done that Mrs. Montgomery has in mind.
ELEMENTARY STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES COVERED:
- Missing numbers up to 40
- Counting on
- Building words
no prep digital escape rooms
Keep in mind that I haven’t shown all of the digital escapes. As of now, I have 20 digital escapes. These are super fun to make, but they take about 2 full days, and a lot of brain power… so needless to say, I can only create when I have a big chunk of time.
I hope you enjoy playing/escaping with Monty. I’d love to hear what you and your students think! 🙂
Enjoy!
Shanon Juneau
We Are Better Together
Do you love Monty? Here are a few other other blog posts that I have that discuss other things we do with Monty! 🙂
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