4th Grade Summer Internet Activities

Make learning the order of operations exciting and hassle-free with this no-prep, self-checking activity!

Engage your sixth-grade students in solving 20 order of operations problems using Google Sheets, all within a fun summer-themed context.

Perfect for:

• sub-plans,
• early finishers,
• review sessions, or
• Fun Fridays.

This activity will captivate your students as they uncover a mystery picture while mastering the order of operations.

This Bundle includes three Google sheets:

• 20 order of operations easy (no parentheses and no exponents)
• 20 order of operations medium (with parentheses and no exponents)
• 20 order of operations challenging (with parentheses and exponents)

All solutions are positive integers.

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Immerse your students in a captivating interactive reading experience with our "Escape the Hotel Room Adventure" story game, created using Twine. This engaging resource challenges students to solve puzzles and escape a mysterious hotel room, all while honing their reading and critical thinking skills. Perfect for summer school or any reading-focused activity, this game is designed to keep students on the edge of their seats.

Product Highlights:

• Interactive Storytelling: Created through Twine, this game offers a nonlinear, interactive story that students navigate by making choices and solving puzzles.
• HTML-Based: The game runs directly off HTML, so it can be easily downloaded and played on any computer with a web browser. No additional software is needed.
• Engaging Premise: Students find themselves stuck in a hotel room and must solve various puzzles to escape. The game includes subtle hints in the fonts to guide players, but beware—failure can result in losing the game and having to start over.
• Real-Life Inspiration: The story is based on a real experience during a 2-week lockdown quarantine by Mr. Sean, adding an authentic touch to the adventure.

Educational Benefits:

• Close Reading: Requires students to read closely and carefully to find hints and solve puzzles, enhancing their comprehension skills.
• Critical Thinking: Encourages students to think logically and strategically to escape the hotel room.
• Visualization: Helps students visualize scenarios and details described in the text, improving their ability to create mental images from written words.

Why This Resource Is Essential:

• Engages Students: The interactive, game-like format keeps students engaged and motivated to read.
• Educational and Fun: Combines the thrill of a puzzle game with the educational benefits of reading practice.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for summer school, reading centers, or any classroom activity that promotes literacy and critical thinking.

Common Core Standards Covered:

• RL.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• RL.4.3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
• RL.4.5: Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of each when writing or speaking about a text.
• RL.4.7: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
• RL.4.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

How to Use:

• Download and Run: Download the game file and open it in any web browser. The game runs directly from the HTML file, ensuring compatibility with all computers.
• Play and Explore: Students read the story, make choices, and solve puzzles to escape the hotel room. Encourage them to pay close attention to the text and use the hints provided.
• Reflect and Discuss: After completing the game, discuss the story and puzzles with the students. Reflect on the reading strategies and problem-solving skills used during the game.

Can you escape the 4 WALLS? Good luck, and enjoy this thrilling reading adventure!

Need back to school activities to review and practice 6th grade math skills with your seventh grade students? These Pixel Art Google Sheets activities are perfect for you!

In this activity, your students will solve 80 math problems covering topics such as:

• Order of operations (with parentheses and no exponents)
• Coordinate plane (writing ordered pairs)
• Converting fractions, decimals, percents
• Adding and subtracting fractions

As they enter the correct answers in the Google Sheets, a mystery picture will be revealed.

Your students will love seeing the colorful image appear as they work on the problems.

This activity is no-prep and self-checking. All you need to do is provide the link to your students and let them enjoy the challenge.

You can use this activity for:

• Review
• Test prep
• Sub plans
• Homework
• Early finishers
• Centers

Don’t miss this opportunity to make math fun and engaging for your students!

Grab this Google Sheets activity today and watch them learn and have fun at the same time!

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Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Not for public display.