Unlock Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving | Math Games | Editable Challenges

Are you looking to transform your math content into a fun and engaging learning experience? Look no further! Unlock Thanksgiving is the perfect game to build motivation and perseverance in your students, while reviewing grade level math skills. 

With multiple ways to play, you can choose the format that works best for you. Want to transform your classroom? Just print the colorful game board and game pieces. Looking for a digital option? No problem! Unlock Thanksgiving can be played on Google Slides, Google Forms, or Seesaw! No matter what version of the game you choose, your students will be challenged and motivated by rigorous content disguised as a GAME!

Do your students need to practice skills in other content areas? This game is easily customizable to fit the needs of your students. Use our editable templates to create challenges that will review content for ANY subject!

PRINTABLE GAME INCLUDES:

14 pre-made, printable challenges

• 7 challenges for 2nd grade 
• 7 challenges for 3rd grade 

7 editable templates

• Personalize for any subject, in any grade level
• Updated so you can easily change our content to differentiate for your students

Printable game 

Game board pieces

Unlock Thanksgiving banner

Student game pieces

Fun Additions

• Launch letter and envelope
• Treat bag toppers
• Brag Tags

Detour Challenges

• to give your students quick re-energizing breaks between challenges

DIGITAL GAME INCLUDES:

Presentation for Google Slides: 

• 7 pre-made challenges for 2nd and 3rd grades
• Editable challenges
• Personalize for any subject, in any grade level
• Updated to allow you to change our actual problems for easier differentiation

Presentation for Google Forms: 

• 7 self-grading challenges for: 
• 2nd grade
• 3rd grade

Alternative presentation for Google Slides and Google Forms (For districts that have strict restrictions on outside Google presentations)

Seesaw

• 7 pre-made challenges each for 2nd grade and 3rd grade

ALL GAME FORMATS INCLUDE:

• Directions and resources for next-level classroom preparations
• Tips and tricks for easy application in your classroom
• Video tutorials to help implement the digital games with ease
• Answer keys for all pre-made challenges

Unlock Thanksgiving has been implemented in kindergarten through high school classrooms. This is truly a game for any grade level! 

UNLOCK IS PERFECT FOR:

• Students to play individually 
• Partnerships/teamwork
• Early finishers
• As a team competition
• Small group instruction
• Remediation or enrichment
• Whole group instruction
• Pre-assessment
• Reviewing the previous grade level’s skills

No matter how you choose to use this game, your students will be actively engaged in problem solving and mathematical discussions, all while practicing perseverance, collaboration, and tackling rigorous content.

TEACHERS LOVE UNLOCK GAMES: 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trish B. says,“This was great for differentiating math review. My students were 100% engaged, they begged for me to plan another one right before Christmas break. The activities were easy to prep and it was easy to mix and match levels of assignments so all of my students could be successful.” 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sara M. says,“This was an awesome resource for Thanksgiving math review! We spent most of the day doing this activity and my students were very engaged the entire time! They loved the challenge and worked really hard with their group to succeed.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brittany F. says, “My students were able to use, understand, and complete the resource on their own and with a partner. They ABSOLUTELY loved the detours. This was the second resource I used, I started with the back to school one and have just recently purchased the Unlock the North Pole set.”

STANDARDS COVERED:

2nd Grade Challenges

• 2.NBT.A.1 Understand the three digits of a number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
• 2.NBT.A.3 Read and write numbers to 1,000 using base ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
• 2.NBT.B.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies.
• 2.NBT.B.7 Add and subtract within 1,000.
• 2.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction to solve one- and two-step word problems.
• MP 1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• MP 2 Use quantitative reasoning.
• MP 6 Attention to precision.

3rd Grade Challenges

• 3.OA.A.1 Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each.
• 3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities.
• 3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the  relationship between multiplication and division.
• MP 1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• MP 2 Use quantitative reasoning.
• MP 4 Model with mathematics.
• MP 6 Attention to precision.

COMPUTER APP NEEDED:

Some of the files included in this game are PDF files. In order to access a properly working PDF file, the file must be opened in the free app, Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you try to open the file in preview or your web browser, parts of the file will not work. 

Once you have Adobe Reader installed:

1. Download the Unlock zip file
2. Go to your “Downloads” folder
3. Locate the Unlock file
4. Right click the file and select “Open with” and choose “Adobe Acrobat Reader”.

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Unlock Summer

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