We started our day with a message from Humphrey. Someone kidnapped him and left a series of clues for us to find him.
See his Padlet post below.
We found many clues throughout our class. Each envelope, or clue, had a math word problem to solve. These word problems provided a cryptic message about where Humphrey was.
Once all the word problems were solved the students used a number/letter decoder to reveal a secret message.
The message said, "He is in room E215." This led us to Mrs. McSweeney's classroom. There we found Humphrey and Mrs. McSweeney shared her motives for kidnapping our class pet. The students were so excited during this activity and solved many multi-step word problems in the process. It was a success!!
This is such a wonderfully engaging activity. If I could go back in time, I'd want to be a student in your class.
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