Hispanic Heritage Month Escape Room | Reading Comprehension & Critical Thinking Grades 3-5
Make Hispanic Heritage Month engaging with this interactive Hispanic Heritage Month Escape Room designed to combine reading comprehension, critical thinking, vocabulary, history, culture, and problem-solving!
Students become detectives and complete 5 reading challenges featuring inspiring Hispanic and Latino figures. They must carefully read each nonfiction passage, answer comprehension questions, decode secret words, and use their clues to solve the Final Mystery.
This resource is an engaging way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month while keeping students activity reading, thinking, discussing, and solving.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
5 Hispanic Heritage Month Reading Challenges
Students learn about:
Ellen Ochoa – astronaut, engineer, and pioneer
César Chávez – labor leader and community organizer
Roberto Clemente – baseball star and humanitarian
Sonia Sotomayor – history-making Supreme Court justice
Pura Belpré – librarian, author, storyteller, and cultural advocate
Each challenge includes:
A nonfiction informational passage
10 reading comprehension questions
Vocabulary support
Critical-thinking questions
Secret Code Chart
Secret Word
Written-response question
HOW THE ESCAPE ROOM WORKS
Students:
READ the nonfiction passage.
THINK about the information and important details.
ANSWER 10 comprehension questions.
DECODE five designated answers using the Secret Code Chart.
DISCOVER asecret word.
RECORD their clue on the Detective Recording Sheet.
SOLVE the Final Mystery using all five secret words.




















