This year for our Valentine's Day party, my class did an Unlock the Box adventure. This is part of Class with an Alligator's Unlock the Box Holiday Bundle.
Unlock the Box is a cool classroom spin on Escape Rooms. My partner teacher and I discovered this at a Raising Student Achievement Conference a few years ago. Using some PTO money, we purchased this bundle and her standard Bundle, as well as a box and all the locks and latches we needed.
For this challenge, the kids had to unlock a word lock, a number lock, a key lock, and a directional lock. They're all looped through a hasp that holds the lid to the toolbox closed.
Working in either small groups or as a whole class, the kids are given four different activities that give them clues about how to open each lock.
The key to the padlock was hidden behind a heart cutout. The activity that had them practicing beginning consonant sounds led them to it.
Graphing was the name of this game!
The students were thinking about 10 More/10 Less and 100 More/100 Less to solve this puzzle.
This clue told them use the path on the directional lock! (Down, Left, Down, Right, Down)
Once they've unlocked all of the locks, they get an Oh! So Sweet! reward!
This is such a fun way to practice 2nd grade skills. The kids absolutely LOVED it!
~Stacy
