It’s hard to believe that summer is already halfway over! I’ve been spending my time working on my grad school courses, catching up on TV, and exploring my new Big Ideas resources. Earlier this month, I met with the 8th grade math team for our summer work days. It’s clear we are all passionate about […]

I’ve always been told that Year 2 of teaching will be the best year ever — it’s the year of fixing all the mistakes from Year 1. There definitely is some truth to that, but I found that Year 2 was very different than Year 1. The first thing I noticed was a personality change. […]

It’s been a long time since I’ve written on this blog…so much for keeping it current. I’m hoping to change that in the near future. Consider this your warning….this is a very long post, likely longer than any other posts…for now. TL;DR: THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS I’VE EVER HAD (keep reading if […]

So far, I am not blogging as much as I would have liked during the month of August. Sometimes, life just gets in the way. Now that school is soon upon me, I’m back in action and ready to share more of my Tandle Tangents. Since I last posted, I vacationed in Boston, attended two […]

Over the past two days, I have been fortunate enough to have time in my schedule to attend the Quizlet Unconference. Quizlet is a study website (think: flashcards) I used when I was a student. It’s been very cool to see how it’s evolved over time. It is free to create a basic account, and there are […]

Hello everyone! I have finally decided to (finish) joining the Math-Twitter-Blogosphere. I learned a lot about it during my undergraduate years and have followed many people on Twitter this year who have their own blogs. So I figured, why not start my own? My name is Nina Tandle. I’m about to enter in my second […]