About Brian Riley

2013-2014 is my 19th year teaching in the Dearborn Public Schools. Graduate of Michigan State University. B.S. Civil Engineering. Graduate of California State University. Secondary Teaching Certificate Graduate of Wayne State University. M. A. Sports Administration. Prior to Teaching at the Early College I taught for 13 years at Fordson High School where I coached baseball for 16 years. Born and raised in Rochester, Michigan Graduate of Rochester Adams High School

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Bellwork reviewed solving systems of equations using Substitution and Elimination.

Hwk #3 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-3, Solving Systems of Equations using Elimination.

Hwk #4 is due on Tuesday.  Sec 7-3

Pages 356-357

Problems 1, 3, 8, 9, 13, 16-18

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 2-11-16

Alg 1 Notes 2-11-16

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 7-2

We finished discussing Sec 7-2, Solving Systems of Equations using Substitution.  We also began discussing Sec 7-3, Solving Systems of Equations using Elimination.

Hwk #3 is due on Thursday.  Sec 7-2

Pages 350-351

Problems 9, 10, 13, 18, 22, 24, 39, 41-43

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 2-9-16

Alg 1 Notes 2-9-16

Monday, February 8, 2016

Bellwork reviewed Sec 7-1 and a problem from 7-2.

Hwk #2 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 7-2, Solving systems of equations using Subsitution.

Hwk #3 is due on Thursday:  Sec 7-2

Pages 350-351

Problems 9, 10, 13, 18, 22, 24, 39, 41-43

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 2-8-16

Alg 1 Notes 2-8-16

Friday, February 5, 2016

Bellwork had students graph a system of linear equations to find the solution to the system.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-1, graphing to solve systems of linear equations.  We also began our discussion on Sec 7-2, solving a system of linear equations by using the algebraic method of Substitution.

Hwk #2 is due on Monday.  Sec 7-1

Pages 343-344

Problems 2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 19-21, 38

Students are to use the sheet given to them for this homework.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, a copy of Hwk #2, notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 2-5-16

Alg 1 Hwk #2

Alg 1 Notes 2-5-16

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Bellwork reviewed using the graphing calculator to create a scatter plot, find the line of “best fit”, and find the correlation coefficient.

Hwk #1 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began Sec 7-1, Solving Sytems of Linear Equations by Graphing.

Hwk #2 will be due on Monday.  Sec 7-1

Pages 343-344

Problems 2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 19-21, 38

Students are to use the sheet of paper I’ll provide them to do this homework.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, notes/examples from today’ lesson, and a copy of Hwk #2:

Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 2-4-16

Alg 1 Notes 2-4-16

Alg 1 Hwk #2

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Bellwork had students make a scatter plot of some data, draw a trend line, write the equation of their trend line, and answer some questions using the graph and/or equation (sec 6-6)

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 6-6 by using technology to make a scatter plot and find the equation of the trend line:  Graphing Calculator, Microsoft Excel, and an applet from the internet.  We also discussed how to find the Correlation Coefficient (r) and what information it provides.

Hwk #1 is due on Thursday.  Sec 6-6

Pages 320-322

Problems 5 & 20

Students are to use the sheet that I provided for this homework.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, a copy of Hwk #1, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 2-2-16

Alg 1 Hwk #1

Alg 1 Notes 2-2-16