Mathing Around

1-Minute Read. Math. 3 Elementary Math Games That Build Fact Fluency. By Christina Grassi, Meghan Lowe

Need a fast way to practice math facts with your elementary students?

These low-prep games feel like play—but get students engaged in explaining their thinking and learning from peers.

🧵 1/5 #EduSky #ElementaryTeacher #MathSky #ITeachMath

Six rings held togher by a single ring going over and under, where each ring is a circular tree branch with lichen, moss, ferns, and mushrooms growing off. Everything is radially symmetrical so that the six rings have repeated growths and lighting. On each ring there is a brown creeper facing clockwise with a dark speckled top and white brest with a curved beak. it faces a tiny mushroom. the background goes from a light yellow to dark slate blue from the off-center center of the radial sketch with a smeared cloudy feel to it. in the lower corner is a signature S with a period.

The first day of the 6th year of Mathober!

Today's prompt is Link.

I will post on blue-skee and this blog post as the month goes on:

www.fractalkitty.com/mathober-202...

I might code something later, but not sure yet.

#mathober #mathober2025 #mathart #mtbos

Which is larger? How do you know?
Share an interesting or creative strategy.
#PamHarris #MathStratChat
#MathSky #iteachmath
#EduSky

Scary Visual Patterns via #MathPlay 🧮🎃 - How many shapes on the next bat🦇❓

#ITeachMath #MTBoS #ElemMathChat #STEM #EduSky #MathSky #MathsToday @fawnnguyen.substack.com

My grade 6 class started beading their orange shirts today. They made their designs and now they will see if they can replicate them. #edusky #orangeshirtday

Some fun constructions during soft start. I like starting the day this way, even in grade 6.

Great first week back with Inspirational Math tasks from Youcubed.org Fractions, computation, patterns and order of operations all came out throughout the week #iteachmath #edusky

First lesson back in the classroom. Using Youcubed.org Week of Inspirational Math task Number Visuals. Great conversations about factors and multiples to begin grade 6. #iteachmath #edusky

This was a hard #circle picture to get. Spiders are such geometry enthusiasts #mathphoto25

A list of the first seven (of eight) weeks of the Math Photo challenge. Week 1 squares, week 2 symmetry, week 3 angles, week 4 even, week 5 five, week 6 measure and week 7 circles.

A recap of the first 7 or 8 weeks of #MathPhoto25. Feel free to post photos from any week or a photo that captures multiple week's prompts. #ITeachMath

Where do you notice circles, cylinders, spheres or ellipses in the world around you? Example photos include an orange life ring, a marshmallow toasting in a circular fire pit and cylidrical bales of hay drying in a field.

The penultimate week of #MathPhoto25 is #circles! Where do you notice circles, cylinders, spheres or ellipses in the world around you? #ITeachMath #MathsToday

Teen stuns math community by disproving widely accepted 40-year-old math conjecture A 17-year-old solved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, overturning decades of expert belief in harmonic analysis.

www.thebrighterside.news/post/teen-st... Teen stuns math community by disproving widely accepted 40-year-old math conjecture #iteachmath #math #maths #MathSky #MTBoS

macro of a pink geranium

macro of a purple geranium

macro of a purple periwinkle - Vinca minor

macro of a dark pink columbine

Four Flowers for #Five
#MathPhoto25 (the # of petals)
#Stunday #EastCoastKin
#WeekAforAlliteration #AlphabetChallenge #BloomScrolling #OnlyBeautifulThings #Macro #Photography #MobilePhotography #NYCPhotography

Week 6 prompt is Measure. Examples include a produce scale, a height clearance sign and a sign for the distance of a walking path around a pond.

Week 6 of #MathPhoto25 is is underway! Where do you see measurements or tools used to #measure. Think measurements for distance, area, weight, time, etc. #ITeachMath

Guardians of the Coast: Building Kids’ Confidence Through Art Projects like this don’t just raise awareness; they help students see themselves as artists, advocates, and changemakers.

"By bringing these ideas to life, we can give students the chance to imagine what’s possible for their own futures, and the confidence to start working towards those goals."

#EduSky #VisualArt #EnvironmentalEducation

A black Navajo wedding vase with two spouts coming together at the base.

Navajo wedding vase symbolizing two becoming one will be my submission for #even #MathPhoto25

Next I will work on some even/odd Sodoku variant puzzles while I eat a #pair of cookies for good measure.

A pool ball with 5.

5 on a dart board.

A row of 5 on the foosball table.

Lots of #five in the games room. #MathPhoto25.

Two puppies are just about to fall asleep on each other.

#Stunday 💙💙
A pair of puppies for today’s #MathPhoto25 prompt: #Even
#WeekZforZoology #AlphabetChallenge #Perspective #SensoryArt #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography

#five #MathPhoto25

Two pieces of blue wire each bent into the shape of a hand with five fingers and a hook to use as a hanger for gloves.

#MathPhoto25 #five From my late mother’s things, special hangers for drying gloves.

Cake cut the shape of flip flops covered in chocolate icing with chocolate Twizzlers and fish sprinkles over graham cracker "sand" and blue green icing "water"

Funfetti Flip Flops
to take you on a #Sweet #Journey

#Even #MathPhoto25
#WeekAforAlliteration #AlphabetChallenge
#JuliArty #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #cake

Where do you see the number 5, a shape with 5 sides or the quantity 5.

Week 5 of #MathPhoto25 is #five. Where do you see 5 objects or the number 5? #ITeachMath

Week 4 of MathPhoto25 is Even. Where do you notice balance and items grouped in pairs? Where do you see even numbers?

This week’s #MathPhoto25 prompt is #even. Where do you see things that come in pairs? Where do even numbers show up in your world—on signs, in patterns, or in nature? #ITeachMath

Join us Thursday, July 17 at 4pm Pacific Time for our next Inspiring Math Minds webinar. Chris Shore will be sharing his wisdom with us all.

Register for FREE: tinyurl.com/CMC-Webi...

#iTeachMath @cmcmath.bsky.social @CAMathCouncil

A colourful graphic with a purple background and a yellow frame. Overlapping the top of the frame is a white circle with a picture of a shell. Inside the yellow frame are the words "Finding Fibonacci" and the hashtags #MathsWeekScot and #30DaysWild. Under the frame is the Maths Week website URL.

#30DaysWild Day 28: Where can you find the Fibonacci Sequence in nature?

Full activity description + free downloadable resources on our website ➡️ mathsweek.scot/news/maths-o...

#MathsWeekScot #EduSky #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #tmwyk

How kids can keep their maths skills sharp this summer - UBC News UBC experts discuss how everyday summer holiday activities such as hiking, building sandcastles or picnicking can help care-givers sneak in real-world math lessons while kids are out of school.

Some suggestions from UBC‘s department of mathematics for ways families can engage in mathematical thinking over the summer. #iteachmath news.ubc.ca/2025/06/how-...

Experimenting with different ways of weaving materials. What #angles do you see? #iteachmath #edusky #mathphoto25

A hexagonal fire pit with glowing wood and embers inside.

120 degree #angles in tonight’s fire pit on the longest night of the year. #MathPhoto25

Looking at a section of the castle that had much missing. There are two Arrow Slits on the right that can be seen through. There is greenery in the background, some on the castle and the sky is blue.

#Narrow Arrow Slits from which an archer can launch arrows at attackers. Trim Castle, Ireland (built in 1172 & where they filmed Braveheart).
#BlueSkyArtShow #Safe #SensoryArt #WeekYforYellow #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #MobilePhotography #Architecture #Angles #MathPhoto25

Wall art of 3 large squares horizontally arranged and more squares inside the squares.

A bit delayed, but here is #symmetry for #MathPhoto25