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Haunted House Escape Room-Spelling and Logic Puzzles Ages 9-12

Learners will solve a variety of puzzles in order to escape Old Lady Smith's Haunted House! They will discover spelling patterns in words with -ious endings in order to make spelling and reading multi-syllable words easier.
Reading Success Academy-Spelling- by Paula Smith
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1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hours

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🗝 Trapped in an abandoned, haunted house, learners must solve puzzles and find all the keys in order to escape! Old Lady Smith was an eccentric former English Language Arts teacher who enjoyed testing her students with tricky spellings! She has planted keys all over the house but students must solve a puzzle to access each one. Escape before nightfall to avoid a confrontation with the ghost of Old Lady Smith! ☠

📝 Students will discover all the ways that the "special ending" /shus/ can be spelled and will solve puzzles using sample words with each spelling. 

🙋 Students will work as a team to decode puzzles and determine their next move. Note: This is an interactive class. Students should be ready to either choose an action or pass to another teammate. Cameras and microphones are expected to be on for an engaging experience for all. Please reach out to me before class if the student plans to attend the class but not take an active role in decision-making. All learners are welcome, even if they'd like to just watch. It is important to me that all my students are comfortable in class. I can make accommodations if notified in advance.

📖 Learners need to be able to read at a third-grade reading level at a minimum, in order to read the words included in the puzzles. 

📝 Students will receive a word list before class that may assist them with the puzzles.

🌟 This class is a slide presentation with animations revealing areas to explore, clues, keys, and locked areas. The setting is creepy, but not scary. Creepy sound effects are used.

🔥 Students who have taken my 3rd, 4th, 5th, or Middle School spelling classes will find this class to be a powerful review activity.
🔥 Students who have taken my "Daily Skills Practice with Reading and Spelling" class will recognize the Old Lady Smith storyline but will experience a prequel!
🔥 Learners who are new to my classes will get a sneak peek at one of the special endings I teach in my ongoing classes to help students become confident spellers. 

📝 Students will receive a follow-up activity for more practice with the words in the escape room and the word list.

🚫 In order to get the most out of this experience for ALL students, we start ON TIME. If a student logs in more than three minutes past our start time, they will not be allowed in.  It is important to know the back story of this escape room in order to be successful and to be enjoyable.  Students arriving late will miss important plot details and may hinder the team's progress. 

🌟 Current leaderboard:
July 21, 2022  33 minutes, 44 seconds  Team DRT with three players.
September 1, 2022. 39 minutes, 13 seconds  Team AAHM with four players.
June 28, 2022  39 minutes, 20 seconds Team "V" with one player.
July 14, 2022  41 minutes, 9 seconds  Team AJMNV with five players.

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Learning Goals

Students will become familiar with a long list of multi-syllable words with -ious endings. They will also learn the three different spellings of the "special ending" /shus/ in order to sort out which words get each of those spellings. Students will learn to work as a team effectively in order to solve the puzzles.
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Learners will only need a pencil and paper for this class.
 1 file available upon enrollment
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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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All word lists, puzzles, and the escape room story are teacher-created. Word lists for this class are curated from my 3rd- 8th grade leveled spelling curriculum.
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Teacher expertise and credentials
New York Teaching Certificate in English to Speakers of Other Languages
Carmen Russo
Missouri Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Paula Smith
Texas Teaching Certificate
Monica Rutledge
Missouri Teaching Certificate
Monica Rutledge
Master's Degree in Education from City College of New York
Carmen Russo
Master's Degree in Education from Arkansas State University
Monica Rutledge
Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Regent University
Mrs. Cook
Bachelor's Degree from Central Missouri State University
Lucie
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Kansas State University
Paula Smith
Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from Ouachita Baptist University
Monica Rutledge
Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from San Diego State University
Liz Brenner
Bachelor's Degree in Fine/Studio Arts from University of Tennessee
Theresa Kimmy
I am a state-certified Elementary Teacher who has become aware of and greatly concerned about the absence of structured spelling instruction in most schools today. In my private reading tutoring practice, I have watched my students become strong and independent spellers by using my approach based on the Phono-graphix method.

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45 min

Completed by 21 learners
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Ages: 9-12
3-6 learners per class

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