Description
Help students use headings, captions, and other text features with purpose.
- Grades: 4–5
- Format: Webscape + Printable pages + Google Slides
Learning Objective
Students will use text features to locate and understand information.
What's Included
- Text Features "Mission in Space" Escape Room – 4th & 5th Grade
- Print and Digital Directions
- Official Mission Transcript
- Challenge #1: Use text features to pass through the Kuiper Asteroid Belt
- Challenge #2: Use text features to escape the black hole
- Challenge #3: Use text features to gain more information from the text to land safely on Proxima B
- Challenge #4: Multi-paragraph article text feature practice to make your return to planet Earth
- Space Exploration 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
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 use text features to locate and understand information.








Mrs. B’s Teaching Boutique –
A great resource to support students in using Nonfiction text features.
Teach5thTeach –
This was a great end of year activity that kept my students engaged. They loved the challenge.
lyndsey N. –
This was a great resource to use to assess my students knowledge. They were able to complete the activities in small groups while I was able to check each one.
This Teacher Life –
This is a fun resource for students to practice using text features to aid in comprehension.
Middle School ELA and SS – Jennifer D. Morley –
My students loved this resource. It was engaging and really helped them reflect on what they have learned.
Justine Maris –
This immersive escape room has been a game-changer in my classroom! The ‘Mission in Space’ theme captivates students, making learning about nonfiction text features both engaging and educational. The resource offers multiple formats—Webscape™ for interactive online play, Google Slides for digital classrooms, and a printable version with QR codes—ensuring accessibility for all students. Each of the four challenges requires students to apply their knowledge of text features, promoting critical thinking and reinforcing key concepts. The integration of videos and the Secret Alien Decoder Tool adds an element of excitement, motivating students to actively participate.
latanque S. –
My students had a great time reading and working in groups to complete this activity!!!!
Stacey Holmes –
The students love doing escape rooms. They love solving puzzles and figuring out the riddles.
Jessica H. –
I use this as an early finishers assignment. They love it! I love that they can start and pause at anytime and pick back up later. Students are engaged and focused which gives me time to meet one on one with struggling students without interruptions.
Leah R. –
My students loved this! It was so engaging! I definitely recommend!
NotJustAnotherTeacher –
My students love your webscape. They are just the right amount of challengening and covers concepts we are working on in class. They are great resources. Thank you
Kasey B. –
This was a great review resource to use when having a substitute for the day.
Natalie Sanfilippo –
My students love these escape rooms! They are incredibly engaging and I love that all the prep is done for me!
Molly S. –
My kids loved this resources. It is a great way to review for state testing!
Sarah D. –
A fantastic resource that was engaging and easy to use within the classroom.
jenna J. –
My students loved this activity! It was fun and engaging!
Betty R. –
Fun activity to use after the book learning. Thank you for putting it together.
Miss Clingermans Goodies –
This resource was great! I cant wait to use it again with my students!
Jaida S. –
Great resource! My students loved it and were very engaged!
Teacher’s Best Friend –
This was great to help with text features. This helps with bringing the info. forward.
Alli N. –
My students loved this resource as a small group assignment.
Teaching off of laughter and love –
My students loved this resource! It was so engaging and a great way to review skills in independent work within the classroom.
Rad-in-elementary –
I loved the Webpage version. My kids loved completing the activity, and the videos made it so engaging!
Courtney F. –
This is a great activity to practice text features and the self-correcting was helpful. My students really enjoyed the activity and we were super engaged!
Alicia H. –
Great resource! Fun and engaging. Real challenge for my students to reinforce the skill.
The Cat Lady Teacher –
Students in my language arts classroom really enjoyed this activity
Ericka Mooney –
This is an excellent resource. I used it with my class.
Brittany M. –
This product was good for teaching about informational text and text features!
Ashley S. –
An entertaining review of the text structures before testing!
Susan A. –
Such an awesome and fun way to keep students interested and practice text features. The kids loved that it was like a video game!
britni D. –
Students loved being able to play this, interactive play is the best!
Juanita H. –
great resource and easy to use!
Jana W. –
Wow! Talking about keeping students engaged! This is it!
Kim D. –
This escape room is a good review for the end of the year.
Jamie C. –
My students love these! I love how excited they are to work together and how many options are available.
Amy L. –
My students love doing escape rooms and these were so much fun and engaging!
Cheryl D. –
This was very engaging for the students as we reviewed for the SOL.
Paige Bolling –
We enjoyed this challenges while we finished up our unit on text features. The students loved exploring outer space while getting a great review!
Heather Haas –
My students loved this activity, and I loved that it challenged their thinking in the process.
CelticTeacher –
Great resource! Good quality! Thank you so much!
Connie H. –
Another great escape room from MagiCore. My student really enjoys escape rooms. This one is colorful, great them and can be assigned different way. I use the computer then my students work in partners to escape.
Cavtastic Teacher –
Students really enjoyed this activity and had great discussions.
Mackenzie S. –
Excellent resource! Engaging, easy to use, and perfect for my students. Highly recommend!
Chloe N. –
This escape room is out of this world! It is the perfect review of text features and my students love the challenges.
megan N. –
My students love using these escapes rooms. They are fun and interactive. Thank you!
Catherine B. –
Students were very engaged with the readings and enjoyed this product.
Julie S. –
Excellent activity and my students really enjoy these escape rooms.
Erin O’Neill –
My students loved this activity. I enjoy that it is low prep but highly engaging. It is also nice that it comes in multiple formats.
Jules M. –
My students love escape rooms. It is a fun way to get them thinking critically and problem solving, all while practicing identifying non-fiction text features. I would recommend this resource!
Katrina S. –
Students enjoyed the story and enjoyed moving at their pace through the activity. I enjoyed how easy it was to use and allowed me the opportunity to support those students that were struggling.