Make your 2D shapes unit exciting and engaging with this Escape Math: 2D Shapes Edition! Students will love solving shape-based challenges as they work through clues to unlock a final 4-digit code.

How It Works: Students complete 4 challenge tasks. After each task, they will find a number. Once all four tasks are complete, students will combine their numbers to create a 4-digit code and bring it to the teacher to “escape”!

What’s Included:

• 3 Different Escape Math Games (same format, different questions)
• Each game includes 4 tasks/cards
• Student recording sheets

Skills Covered: Each game is thoughtfully designed to build understanding across a range of 2D shape concepts:

Task Types Include:

• Counting sides, vertices, and angles
• Identifying and classifying shapes
• Recognizing polygons and non-polygons
• Understanding quadrilaterals
• Identifying parallelograms, triangles, and other shapes

Differentiation Made Easy: With 3 versions of the same style game, you can easily:

• Support students who need more practice
• Reinforce grade-level expectations
• Challenge students ready for deeper thinking

Use different versions for:

• Small groups
• Centres
• Whole class with varied levels
• Preventing answer sharing

Flexible Classroom Use:

• Whole class activity
• Small group collaboration
• Math centres
• End-of-unit review
• Informal assessment

Why Teachers Love Escape Math:

• Highly engaging, game-based learning
• Encourages teamwork and problem-solving
• Covers multiple levels of understanding
• Easy to prep and reuse
• Keeps all students involved and thinking

This Escape Math activity is the perfect way to reinforce key concepts.