Unlock the School Year | Editable Math Game | Back to School Escape Room

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

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 the School Year 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:

21 pre-made, printable challenges

• 7 challenges for 2nd grade (a review of 1st grade math standards)
• 7 challenges for 3rd grade (a review of 2nd grade math standards)
• 7 challenges for 4th grade  (a review of 3rd grade math standards)

7 editable templates

• Personalize for any subject, in any grade level
• Updated to allow you to change our actual problems for easier differentiation

Printable game 

• Gameboard pieces
• Unlock __ Grade banner
• Student game pieces

Additional Options

• 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 grade
• 3rd grade
• 4th grade

Editable challenges

• 7 editable challenge templates you can personalize for ANY subject or grade level

Presentation for Google Forms: 

• 7 self-grading challenges for: 
• 2nd grade
• 3rd grade
• 4th 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, 3rd grade, and 4th 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 the School Year 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: 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Harvest R. says, “I just love these games SO much! Students are so engaged in the challenge aspect of the game that they hardly realize they are doing math. Highly recommend!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Lindsay J. says, “My students had such a blast with this engaging math review! Their work was a great pre-assessment and I was easily able to see which concepts needed a refresher. I am excited to use it for years to come!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alexia P. says, “Extremely satisfied with this resource. It worked wonderfully in both whole group and small group instruction. It was a great tool for remediation as well as extension. Highly recommend!”

STANDARDS COVERED:

Note: This Unlock game is unique in that it covers the standards from the previous grade (i.e. 2nd grade challenges contain problems that review 1st grade standards).

2nd Grade Challenges

-1.OA.A.1 Add & subtract within 20

-1.OA.D.7 Understand the meaning of the equal sign

-1.OA.D.8 Determine unknown whole numbers in addition & subtraction equations

-1.NBT.A.2 Understand tens and ones

-1.NBT.A.3 Compare 2-digit numbers

-1.NBT.C.4 Add within 100

-1.NBT.C.6 Subtract within 100

-1.MD.B.3 Tell time in hours and half hours

-1.GA.1 Distinguish shapes and their attributes

-1.GA.3 Partition shapes into equal shares

3rd Grade Challenges

-2.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction to solve word problems

-2.NBT.A.1 Understand hundreds, tens, and ones

-2.NBT.A.4 Compare 3-digit numbers

-2.NBT.B.5 Add and subtract within 100

-2.NBT.B.6 Add up to four 3-digit numbers

-2.MD.C.7 Tell time to the nearest minute

-2.MD.C.8 Solve word problems involving money

-2.MD.D.10 Represent and interpret data with bar graphs

-2.GA.3 Partition shapes into equal shares

4th Grade Challenges

-3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems

-3.OA.A.4 Determine unknown whole numbers in multiplication and division equations

-3.OA.A.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100

-3.NBT.A.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1,000

-3.NBT.A.3 Multiply 1-digit numbers by multiples of 10

-3.MD.A.1 Tell time to the nearest minute and solve elapsed time problems

-3.MD.C.7 Relate area to multiplication and addition

-3.MD.D.8 Solve perimeter problems

-3.NF.A.1 Understand fractions name part of a whole

-3.NF.A.2 Understand fractions on a number line

-3.NF.A.3 Explain fraction equivalence and compare fractions

2nd-4th Grade

-SFMP 1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

-SFMP 2 Use quantitative reasoning

-SFMP 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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