Description
Help students explain why an author wrote a text.
- Grades: 2–3
- Format: Webscape + Printable pages + Google Slides
Learning Objective
Students will identify the author’s purpose and support the answer with text evidence.
What's Included
- Author's Purpose Under the Sea Escape Room – 2nd & 3rd Grade
- Submarine Rescue Letter.
- Challenge #1: Use the topic and key details in each passage to determine the author’s purpose and find the sunken ship.
- Challenge #2: Use the topic and key details in each passage to determine the author’s purpose and find the lost city of Atlantis.
- Challenge #3: Use the topic and key details in each passage to determine the author’s purpose and find the beautiful coral reef.
- Challenge #4: Use the topic and key details in each passage to determine the author’s purpose and find the iceberg.
- Mission Complete Certificate
- Ooops Cards
- Recording Brochure
- Answer Key
- Digital Version Links
- Webscape Link for Interactive Browser-Based Experience
- Google Slides Link for Digital Escape Room
- Google Forms Link for Decoding Tool
- The Webscape and Google Slides versions are self-grading; however, these versions are created to require critical thinking. Students are NOT told which answers are incorrect to prevent guessing and encourage students to think critically about the clues and their responses.
Ways to Use
Skill review, collaborative practice, centers, or enrichment.
Preparation
Preview the student pages, choose the activities, and print the pages you need. For digital use, check device and internet access and assign the version you will use. For the printable escape room, place the challenge pages in folders as directed. YouTube is required for linked videos in the Google/print versions; the Webscape version does not require it.
Standards & Skills
Students will identify the author’s purpose and support the answer with text evidence.
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Jennifer P. –
This is supposed to be focused on Author’s Purpose. But it was easy for students to get lost in the “game” and lose sight of the intent. Additionally, the questions’ responses are convoluted. I believe it might be improved if it gave feedback at the end of answering the 3 questions of the first article, instead of going on to the second article. It is very difficult to sort out what is the incorrect response. Leads to a great deal of frustration on the users part.
Christine H. –
My students loved this escape room. I had bought a few of them throughout the school year but my students really enjoyed this one. It was great for an end of the school year activity.
The Engaged Classroom –
I used this for a summer camp activity. The kids had a lot of fun with it!
Crystal B. –
This is a great resource – Thanks for creating it!
Jana W. –
This resource was easy to use and truly helped keep students engaged. A great way to review skills.
Dana H. –
This was a fun way to have our kids engage with a standard that we don’t spend a lot of time on since it is untested in our state. The Webscape is super easy.
Kayleigh Sykora –
Our class loves these escape rooms! I use them as a review activity for students to work on while I meet with small groups.
CleverCommonCore –
This was a great resource to use as a review for my Author’s Purpose unit.
Mrs H2os Room –
Love these digital resources for a perfect review that keeps students engaged
Grade2Teacher –
This resource was easy to use and worked well for my second grade students. The directions were clear, the activities were engaging, and it fit nicely with what we were already learning in class. My students enjoyed it, and it was a great addition to my lessons.
Brittany W. –
This resource is engaging, easy to use, and very effective for supporting student learning. Definitely recommend for any classroom!
Bree O. –
This resource was a great escape room and aloud me to work with students on the standards we were working on and a great overall review. Thank you for sharing.
Stacey T. –
This resource was great in helping students grow their understand of the author’s purpose. We were covering the ocean layers for science and this activity gave a great crossover to ELA.
melissa C. –
I love, love this resource! It is so engaging and was a really useful resource! I used it as a review tool for my math small group time! Amazing!
Karla Smith –
Great end of the year activity or to be used as a review.
Laura G. –
My group loved practicing the standards with this engaging resource. Students were held accountable for what they read. Then link helps use technology in the classroom. Would highly recommend.
Ashley F. –
This Author’s Purpose Escape Room was a fantastic way to engage my students in reading comprehension! The mix of fun puzzles and meaningful passages helped them really understand why authors write, all while staying motivated and excited to learn.
Kimberly P. –
Great resource used in my classroom to help teach the standard that was being taught.
Shannon McNally –
Thank you so much for this! My students loved the challenge and enjoyed doing this escape room!
Debi Severson –
This is a great resource! I have loved using it in my 3rd-grade classroom.
Elizabeth S. –
My students LOVE days that they get to do escape room. I typically use the digital version, and my students constantly ask to do more if we have extra time in between activities. I highly recommend as students are fully engaged and reviewing material that has been previously learned.
Barb R. –
The students LOVED this activity. They found it very engaging. It was helpful that it reads it to them. I wish it would immediately say if the answer is incorrect instead of checking answers in larger groups.
Stefani Bryant –
My students love doing escape rooms and this was a great addition!
Elementary Vibes with Mrs McNeal –
These escape rooms have been the perfect review activity for my students!
Daisy Jara –
Great resource for STAAR prep! fun game to engage students.
Lynn B. –
My students loved using this resource. It was fun and engaging. Students loved the challenges and learned a lot of new information.
KAITLYN D. –
My students have loved using this to help with reviewing author’s purpose! It was engaging and rigorous like all of MagiCore’s other resources I have purchased and used!
Kristen S. –
Used for STAAR review and my kids had a blast. They enjoyed using this resource.
Mrs McGinnis Class –
My students and I always enjoy the lessons MagicCore creates. This helped them a ton with author’s purpose. My students are engaged and learn at the same time. Love it, I think I have them all!
Sylvia Sewade –
This is a very engaging resource that keeps students actively working to escape!
Astrid S. –
It was too hard for my kiddos. We had to do it whole group.
Connect2Teach –
This is a great resource! It was an awesome way for me to assess the student’s skills in finding the Author’s Purpose.
Joe Matteoli –
My students were very engaged while using this resource.
Samantha Gaboian –
My students love doing these escape rooms. If they get a few wrong, the page would occasionally glitch and not them move on even when they got the right answer and we would have to start the whole thing over to reset it. My third graders found this more challenging than I anticipated, but it is mostly due to not reading carefully and not that the resource is too hard. Thank you for all of these that you make. They are such a hit.
breanna Cook –
This resource has been very helpful in my classroom! It met the standards I was looking for. This was very thought out.
Jawna Graniti –
Escape rooms are such an amazing resource! Students stay engaged, yet are still learning.
Laura C. –
My students have loved these escape rooms. My district doesn’t allow students access to Youtube, so I use the webscape. It is so easy to add the link to Canvas had have them work. I only wish there was something that told them which answers were wrong.
Mrs. B’s Teaching Boutique –
I recently purchased this resource, and it’s been a fantastic addition to my online classroom! The materials are well-organized and easy to implement, saving me valuable time on prep. My students are engaged and benefiting from the activities. It’s a versatile tool for reinforcing key skills. Highly recommended!
Monica N. –
The Webscape Version is so much fun. The kids love it! Thank you
DANIELLE F. –
ANother outstanding resource that my kids loved using to review skills taught, thank you.
Meghan A. –
These webscapes are an invaluable tool for me! It engages all of my students!
Susan S. –
My students loved this resource. They were engaged and had a great time learning.
Nikki D. –
My students love escape rooms. It keeps them very engaged.
Gina E. –
I thought this was a great resource. Loved using it in my room. Thank you!
Maggie S. –
This was such a good resource to have as a teacher. It really helped with this year!
Magnolia Bees –
I used this resource in 2nd grade. It was perfect to help reinforce and gives lots of extra practice. Great resource!!! I will use this every year!!
Amanda Crever –
This was a wonderful resource to use with my first grade class. It was very engaging.
Keep Calm & Solve On –
My students and I are a big fan of your escape rooms. This one was great because it’s hard to find authentic and practical practice with author’s purpose. Thank you.
Raven W. –
My students loved this assignment, they were engaged and motivated.
Erica Hastings –
My class loves these and it keeps them engaged for a long time. I love the versatility of having it digital or on paper. The digital webscape option is what we have mainly used and I love that it makes kids answer everything correctly before moving on which really helps them to rethink their answers.