engaging CLASS TEAM ESCAPE CHALLENGE

ESCAPE FROM the EMOJI PINEAPPLE FARM

TEAMWORK & CLASSROOM
COMMUNITY
ü Celebrating the successes of others
ü Doing the right thing
ü General teamwork skills
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 Table of Contents
Section Title Page Number

Quick Start Guide 5-6

Map Setup & Digital Info 7

Extended Teacher Directions 8-12

Printables (Color) 13-19

Student Pages (B&W) 20-26

Answer Keys 27-30

Escapee Printables (Color) 31-32

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 READ TO LEARN MORE!
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 Quick Start Guide
Before beginning, determine how many groups you will have during the challenge. I suggest groups of 4-6
students. Each challenge has multiple questions, so groups will always have to “divide and conquer”. Include a
mix of students with different ability levels in each group. Make sure to choose “fit to page” if you have
issues with the pages printing cut off.
Print ONE copy of:
• 3 Challenge Task Cards 1. Paste each of
• You’ve Been Kidnapped Cards & hint cards the challenge
• Map* & 2 Signs (Barn, Head Pineapple) cards on a
• I Escaped cards (for badges) manila envelope.
• You Escaped page and envelope label You only need 3
• Challenge Answer Key manila envelopes
total, no matter
Print one copy for each group: how many groups
• Escape from the Emoji Pineapple Farm you have!
Introduction*
• Challenges (1-3)

Print one copy for each student: 2. Place challenge

• Student Escape Logs (print on 1 double-sided page copies (1 per
page, folded into booklet) team) inside the
coordinating
*Digital Options: envelope. The
• Please see the digital directions page to use the graphic on the
map & introduction page digitally. If you display envelope should
these digitally, you don’t need to print them. match the graphic on
the challenge page.
Gather these supplies:
• 3 large manila envelopes (total)
Place these
• 1 letter envelope (total) envelopes in the
• 1 pair of scissors for each team same place as the
Head Pineapple
poster (step 5).

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 Quick Start Guide
5. Hang up the Head
3. Cut out the You’ve Pineapple and Barn
Been Kidnapped! and signs on opposite ends
Hint cards. Some of the room. Prepare
teachers only use one the paper map and
kidnap card and game pieces if you’re
laminate it. Put the not using the digital
cards aside with the version.
answer keys. I keep all
of this on my clipboard
to use during the game.
See the extended
directions for
instructions on using
the kidnap cards.

6. Hide the You Escaped

envelope near
something related to the
last clue “pencil”. Make
sure it’s hidden well
enough, so that students
don’t accidentally find it
when getting supplies.
You only need 1 of these
because only one team
will make it. Print the I
Escaped badges
(enough for each
person in one group) if
4. Prepare the student booklets. They should be you want to give these
printed on 1 double-sided page and folded to make a to the winners.
small booklet. This photo shows what the inside will look
like once students complete the challenges.

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 Map Setup & Digital Info
Follow the link below to get the digital versions of the introduction & map pages. I’ve provided these digitally in
case you want to project them from your teacher computer or other device, or share them with your students in
Google Classroom. The map page is interactive, so it includes game pieces that you can move as students
progress through the map.

CLICK HERE TO MAKE A COPY OF THE TWO DIGITAL PAGES

When you click the link above, it will ask you if you want to
make a copy of the presentation. Click “Make a copy”. The
resource can now be found in your Google Drive under
“Shared With Me”. To share in Google Classroom, click create
a new assignment. Click the Google Drive icon and find the
resource. Add a title and directions for your students. Make
sure you select “Make a copy for each student”. If you share
this with your individual students, they can each keep track of
their team’s progress. Most teachers prefer to simply project
the map from a device and move the pieces to show where
each team is.

Don’t have the

technology to
do this? Then Use either the printed or digital
simply print the
map and use map to track each team as they
the included progress through their escape
team markers.
from the pineapple farm. If you use
the printed map, display it
somewhere where the entire class
can see it.
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 Extended Teacher Directions
These extended directions are to help guide you through the entire escape game. You’ll find helpful hints
in this guide to help you while you facilitate this with your students. The puzzles included are grade-
appropriate, but also challenging. Please refer to this guide if you need help guiding your students
through any part of this challenge.

STARTING THE GAME

Get your students excited about this challenge by telling them they’ll be doing something very different
today: they’ll be competing to escape from the Emoji Pineapple Farm! Share the introduction page to
explain how they got into this situation. Next, show them where the Head Pineapple will be. The 3
challenge envelopes should be in the same area. Tell students that they will be racing to complete the
challenges in these 3 envelopes. Remind them that only one team will escape the Emoji Pineapple Farm.

Have each team choose a team leader. This leader is the one that will give the final answer to all of the
clues, but the entire group will keep track of their answers in their individual escape logs. When you’re
ready to begin, have each team leader approach the Head Pineapple to get the paper for challenge #1
(in the START HERE envelope). Once they get their challenge, the race starts!

COMMON ISSUES
Students can’t solve a challenge: Scaffold and give as many hints as you need to help them solve the challenge. If they’re stuck on a
particular problem, prompt them with questions that walk them through how to solve it. Hint cards are also included in this challenge
for you to write on and slip to teams that are falling behind because of one question. If your entire class gets stuck on one particular
problem, feel free to provide them with the answer to that problem.

There’s a student doing all the work in their group/one student is so fast at the challenges that their team is way ahead of the others:
Use a “You’ve Been Kidnapped!” card on any students like this once during the game. This will send them over to where you put the
barn poster. They will have to stand there for 5 minutes without helping their team in any way.

Game goes too long: The game is meant to be played in around 30 minutes. If it doesn’t seem like a team is going to escape in the
allotted time, put up a 5 minute timer. If no one escapes by then, they’re all trapped! This is a great way to motivate them to move
faster.

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 Extended Directions
CHALLENGE #1
Your students will start off with a simple code in challenge #1. First,
students will read and discuss the Challenge 1 text. Next, they will find
the correct answer for each of the four questions. Once they find the
answers, they will write the emoji pineapples in order on the bottom of
the page, revealing a pattern, or “emoji code”.

Remind students to whisper and not let the other teams hear the
combination or see their answers. Only one team will escape!

Once a group writes the code, it’s time for them to approach Head
Pineapple. Make sure that all of them have the code written in their
individual escape logs (on the left side) as well.

The entire team should approach Head Pineapple, but the team leader
will present their work. If two teams try to approach Head Pineapple
at the same time, have the second team wait.

The first team needs to work together to answer the question on the
front of the envelope, so any other teams should be out of earshot
until it’s their turn. Have the team answer it verbally, then make sure
that when they go back to their area with the challenge from the
envelope (challenge 2), they write down the answer in their individual
escape logs (on the right side) before proceeding. Don’t have them
write down their answers while at the Head Pineapple station. It can
create too much of a traffic jam when multiple groups need to
approach. Get them in and out quickly.

Answers will vary on the open-ended envelope questions.

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 Extended Directions
CHALLENGE #2
Make sure that each team gets a pair of scissors with
this challenge. You may have to help students by
explaining the directions for this one. It requires a few
steps to complete.

First, students need to cut out the strips (bottom half)

with the cipher symbols on them. Then, they will place
them in the correct box (top half). The goal of this
activity is to match the competitive statement with a
more positive one.

Next, they can use their answers to decipher the

symbols on the top of the page. They should notice that
each symbol has a letter that lines up with it.

Once they crack the code, have them give the word
they decoded (CELEBRATE) to Head Pineapple. Make
sure that they’re whispering, so they don’t give it away.
They can show the word on their paper, if that works
better.

Lastly, they will answer the question on challenge

envelope #3 in the same way they did the last envelope.
Once they have correctly answered this, they can have
their copy of challenge 3.

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 Extended Directions
CHALLENGE #3
Challenge 3 is a two step puzzle. First, students search
the word search for six character traits of great
classmates.

Next, they will put these traits into the boxes below,
using the first letter to guide them. The boxes that are
outlined in dots will together spell the final clue word:
PENCIL. This tells them where to find the hidden
envelope.

Don’t forget to hide the “You’ve Escaped” letter

somewhere where the clue PENCIL will help them locate
it. You’ll want to hide this before students come in for
the day.

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 Extended Directions
ESCAPING
You will want to hide the envelope
somewhere where students will know you
keep something related to the word “pencil”.
The first team to get to this envelope WINS!
Do not hide it in a place where they might
find it on accident.

Don’t forget to label the envelope with the

included picture of Head Pineapple, so they
know that the envelope is a part of the
game!

Give each student from the team that

escaped the I Escaped the Emoji Pineapple
Farm badge to wear for the day or week.
You can collect them at the end of the day
(or week) and reuse them for any future
escape challenges. Bragging rights is the
best prize!

Badge Info: I found ten badge holders for $3

at my local Wal-Mart! You can also find
them on Amazon. They are standard-sized
clear badge holders.

Badge Size : 10 x 8.5cm/ 3.9" x 3.3" (L*W);

Compatible with name badge inserts size :
2-1/4" x 3-1/2" (L*W)

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 ESCAPE!
START
 Barn

Kidnapped students are stuck in the barn

for 5 minutes.
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HEAD PINEAPPLE

Report to him to get the next

challenge envelope.
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 Start Here Challenge 2 Inside
OPEN AFTER ANSWERING:
(Challenge 1)
What does it mean
to be patient? Give
an example.

Final Clue Envelope Marker

Challenge 3 Inside
OPEN AFTER ANSWERING:
What is compassion,
and why is it
important?
Hide the You’ve Escaped envelope
somewhere where they can find it using the
clue pencil.
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 Team 2

Team 3

Team 4
Team 1

MAP MARKERS
Team 7

Team 8
Team 6
Team 5

YOU’VE BEEN KIDNAPPED! YOU’VE BEEN KIDNAPPED!

A sneaky pineapple separates you from A sneaky pineapple separates you from
your team. For the next 5 minutes, your team. For the next 5 minutes,
you’re stuck in the barn listening to his you’re stuck in the barn listening to his
terrible jokes and can’t help your terrible jokes and can’t help your
teammates. teammates.

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 HINT CARD HINT CARD
One of the pineapples has taken a One of the pineapples has taken a
liking to your team. She slips you this liking to your team. She slips you this
hint… hint…

HINT CARD HINT CARD

One of the pineapples has taken a One of the pineapples has taken a
liking to your team. She slips you this liking to your team. She slips you this
hint… hint…

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ESCAPE FROM the EMOJI PINEAPPLE FARM
Your class is excited for a tour of the local pineapple farm! After the bus
drops you off, you start to explore. You soon realize that not all the
pineapples are the same when one winks at you! The winking pineapple
looks oddly similar to the emojis on your phone… wait… is that an emoji
pineapple?! You know for sure that it is when you see a floating pineapple
with a halo!

Just as your class realizes that there are emoji pineapples all around you,
one hops up to you. “I’m Head Pineapple,” he says. “This is our farm now,
and you’re not leaving.”

After begging Head Pineapple to let you go, he

decides that he will take mercy on your class. “I’ll
let one group of you go, but the rest will have to
stay and work.” He explains that he has a series
of challenges lined up for your class to attempt.

The group that finishes first will get to escape

from the Emoji Pineapple Farm!
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 Reflection ESCAPE FROM the
1. How did your team work together? Did someone
emerge as a leader? EMOJI PINEAPPLE FARM

’S
2. What were your favorite puzzles? Which parts of the
ESCAPE LOG
game were more difficult?

3. What did you learn from this challenge?

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 Challenges Envelope Answers
Directions: Keep track of the important Directions: Keep track of your answers to
challenge information below. the envelope questions.

2
_________

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Challenge #1 Text
A Hard Decision
Fall leaves flew through the air and rustled along the sidewalks as Adriana walked to school. She
was excited. Today after school, she and her classmates were going to work on a special project.
Her backpack was full of supplies.

Soon, it would be World Cultures Day and she and her classmates were going to present a display
about Mexico. For a month now, they’d been researching and learning about Mexican culture.
They’d even visited her classmate, Maria’s, house. Maria’s family is Mexican and the girl’s mom had
helped the group by teaching them about real, traditional Mexican foods. It was the yummiest
homework Adriana had ever had!

After Adriana arrived at school, she spent all day thinking about the project. Finally, the dismissal
bell rang and she ran to get her supplies from her backpack. As she was gathering the supplies,
she noticed a ten dollar bill on the floor. Adriana looked around the empty coat closet. Her
classmates had either left to go home or were out in the main classroom painting a large poster of
the Mexican flag. What should she do?

Different ideas flooded Adriana’s mind. She could take the money and buy herself a new set of
sparkly pens she’d seen at the grocery store. After all, there was no one there to see what she did
with the money. Who would know that she took it? Or, she could use the money for her group
project. They needed to buy a few more supplies to finish the display. Ten dollars could help the
group a lot. Or, she could give the money to Mr. Jenkins, her teacher.

“What if whoever’s money it is really needs it?” she thought. “If I lost money, I hope whoever found it
would give it to the teacher.” Adriana made her decision. Even though it would be nice to take the
money, the right thing to do was to give it to her teacher. She picked up the bill and walked out
into the main classroom.

“Mr. Jenkins!” she called. Her teacher was sitting at his desk grading spelling tests.

“What is it Adriana?” he asked.

“I found ten dollars in the coat room, but I don’t know whose it is,” she said.

“Thank you so much for telling me,” her teacher replied. “We’ll see if anyone asks about it
tomorrow. If not, maybe we can use the money to buy new pencils for everyone.”

A few minutes later, Miguel ran into the classroom. His face was flushed and he was panting. He
went straight to the coatroom, but came out just as quickly as he had entered. “Mr. Jenkins! Did
you find ten dollars? I lost my bus money,” he said, still out of breath.

“I didn’t, but Adriana did!” Mr. Jenkins replied, handing him the money.

“Thanks so much Adriana!” Miguel said.

“No problem,” Adriana answered. She breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness she had done the
right thing.

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 Challenge #1 Instructions:
Read the story “A Hard Decision” carefully. Answer the questions
below in order. Find the correct answer to the question, then find the
emoji pineapple next to the correct answer. Draw the correct emoji
in each code box to create the emoji code to present to Head
Pineapple.

You should do the right thing, even when

ààà
no one is looking.
1. What does the
author want you Some people need money more than
ààà
to learn from this others.
story? It’s really fun to celebrate World Cultures
ààà
Day.

It was too much hassle to keep the

ààà
2. Why was money.
returning the Miguel needed the money for the bus. ààà
money the best
decision? Adriana had nothing to spend the money
ààà
on.

Your decision might not matter. ààà

3. Why is it
important to think
about how your You don’t want to get in trouble. ààà
decision will affect
other people? Your decision might hurt someone else. ààà

She likes sparkly pens. ààà

4. How can you tell
She cares about the class project her class
that Adriana is a ààà
is working on together.
team player?
She likes her teacher, Mr. Jenkins. ààà

1 2 3 4

Emoji Code:

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Challenge #2 Text
A Bad Case of Competitiveness
“I never thought he would win this time,” whispered Allison to her friend Derek.

“I know!” he replied. “Next time I’m totally going to beat him. There’s no way he’ll win again.”

The friends had just finished playing a math game during recess. It was a rainy day and the whole
class had stayed inside playing different games. Derek was very good at math. But lately, it
seemed like Mark was practicing a lot at home. It was the second time Mark had won a mental
math game when playing against Derek.

Later, everyone headed to gym class. It was basketball day. Allison began counting how many
baskets she made. Pretty soon, the others caught on and started counting their shots too. By the
end of the class, everyone was comparing how many shots they’d made.

Derek made a point of asking Mark how many baskets he’d made. “Seven,” Mark replied, grinning.

“I made nine baskets,” Derek announced happily, relieved that he had beat his friend at
something.

“Well, I made 10 baskets,” Allison said smugly. Derek looked at her, shocked. Just then, Mrs. Gains
blew the whistle and lined everyone up.

“Ok class,” said the gym teacher. “I heard you all counting your baskets. But, instead of comparing
how many baskets you made with your friends, I want you to remember your number. Next week,
when we practice basketball again, see if you can make more baskets than you did this week.”

When the bell rang to go home, Derek was noticeably upset. “What’s going on?” asked Mark. He
could always tell when one of his friends was sad.

“Nothing,” Derek replied. He grabbed his backpack and made his way to the door.

“Hey man,” Mark tried again. “If you’re worried about not making the most baskets or not winning
the math game, just relax. We’re all good at different things and you can’t be your best every day. I
think it’s awesome that Allison’s so good at basketball. Did you know the 12-year-old’s travel team
coach has already been calling her to get her to play on the team next year? And she’s only 10!”

“Really?” asked Derek. “I didn’t know. That is awesome. I must be having an off day though,
because I usually do better at basketball and math.”

“Well, you don’t have to always compare. Like Mrs. Gains said, work on improving your own record.
Then it’s easier to be happy for others when they do well too. You know, I used to be jealous of you
because you’d always beat me at math. I have to work hard to do well, but it’s just natural for you.
My mom always tells me to just do my best and be happy for others when they succeed,” Mark
said.

“I guess you’re right,” Derek said, smiling. “I’m glad your math practice is paying off.”

“Thanks,” said Mark. The two boys walked home together as usual, happy to be good friends.

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 Directions

Challenge #2 Head Pineapple gives you a code word, but it’s written in a strange
language. Decode the symbol code by matching the competitive statement
from the text with the non-competitive, positive statement below it. Write
the letter that corresponds to each symbol on the line next to it to reveal
the clue word that you need to give to Head Pineapple for the next clue.

celebrate = _________
I never thought he would win this “Well, I made 10 baskets.” Allison
time. said smugly. [in reply to Mark
saying he made 7]
A M H N
F C L D

“I usually do better at basketball and There’s no way he’ll win again!

math.”
T B M Q E R H T

CUT OUT THE BOXES BELOW AND PLACE THEM IN THE MATCHING BOXES.
I’ll do better next I’m so proud of him
for winning this
time! T B M Q A H M N
time! He must be
practicing a lot.

I can’t wait to see e R H T Seven is great, F C L D

who wins next Mark! Is that a new
time! record for you?

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Challenge #3
Instructions:
Find the six hidden character traits in the word search. Put
the traits in the correct boxes on the bottom of the page.
After you’ve filled in all boxes, use the letters from the
dotted boxes to spell the final clue that will help you find a
hidden envelope and escape!

CHARACTER TRAITS OF GREAT CLASSMATES

FINAL CLUE:
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 answer key

Being patient means being

able to wait for something
without getting angry or
upset. For example, if the
person in front of me is taking
a long time to drink from the
water fountain, I can be
patient by waiting without
getting annoyed.
Answers will vary.

Compassion is showing
concern for others when
something bad happens to
them, or they are feeling sad.
Compassion is important
because it helps people feel
better when they need it the
most.
Answers will vary.

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 Challenge #1 answer key

You should do the right thing, even when

ààà
no one is looking.
1. What does the
author want you Some people need money more than
ààà
to learn from this others.
story? It’s really fun to celebrate World Cultures
ààà
Day.

It was too much hassle to keep the

ààà
2. Why was money.
returning the
Miguel needed the money for the bus. ààà
money the best
decision?
Adriana had nothing to spend the money
ààà
on.

Your decision might not matter. ààà

3. Why is it
important to think
about how your You don’t want to get in trouble. ààà
decision will affect
other people? Your decision might hurt someone else. ààà

She likes sparkly pens. ààà

4. How can you tell
She cares about the class project her
that Adriana is a ààà
class is working on together.
team player?
She likes her teacher, Mr. Jenkins. ààà

1 2 3 4

Emoji Code:

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 Directions

Challenge #2 Head Pineapple gives you a code word, but it’s written in a strange
language. Decode the symbol code by matching the competitive statement
from the text with the non-competitive, positive statement below it. Write
the letter that corresponds to each symbol on the line next to it to reveal
the clue word that you need to give to Head Pineapple for the next clue.

celebrate = CELEBRATE
I never thought he would win this “Well, I made 10 baskets.” Allison
time. said smugly. [in reply to Mark
saying he made 7]
A M H N
F C L D

I’m so proud of him Seven is great,

for winning this
A H M N F C L D
Mark! Is that a new
time! He must be
practicing a lot.
record for you?

“I usually do better at basketball and There’s no way he’ll win again!

math.”
T B M Q E R H T

I’ll do better next T B M Q I can’t wait to see E R H T

who wins next
time!
time!

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Challenge #3 answer key

CHARACTER TRAITS OF GREAT CLASSMATES

R E S P O N S I B L E

H O N E S T

K I N D

C A R I N G

F A I R

R E L I A B L E

FINAL CLUE: P E N C I L
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 You
Escaped!
You did it! Head Pineapple is impressed with your
group. He loads you and your teammates onto one
of the wagons to head home.

On your way out of the pineapple farm, he tells you

their secret. The emojis appear in an area and take
it over. They find humans to work for them, and they
put up an invisible force field, so they can never be
found. You’re lucky you are able to escape!

Wave goodbye to the other teams. Hopefully they

enjoy working on a pineapple farm… for the rest of
their lives.

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 Teacher Tips
ü Print on white cardstock.
ü Use badge holders for 2 ¼ ” x 3 ½”

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