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

Spring Semester 2016 Day 1 – Monday, February 1, 2016

Bellwork had students practice making a scatter plot and drawing a trend line from a set of data.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 6-6, Scatter Plots, trend lines and their equation, and Correlation.

Hwk #1 is assigned and is due on Thursday, February 4.

Sec 6-6

Pages 320-322

Problems 5 & 20.  Students are to use the sheet that I will provide them 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 2-1-16

Alg 1 Hwk #1

Alg 1 Notes 2-1-16

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed for the final exam.

The remainder of the period we reviewed more for the final exam.

4th hour Final Exam:  Friday, January 29, 8:55am to 10:05am.

5th hour Final Exam:  Thursday, January 28, 7:35am to 8:50am

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Alg 1 4th & 5th hours Bellwork with answers 1-26-16

Alg 1 4th,5th Notes 1-26-16

 

6Hour:

Bellwork reviewed graphing lines.

The remainder of the period we reviewed for the final exam.

6th hour Final Exam:  Friday, January 29, 7:35am to 8:50am

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Alg 1 6th hr Bellwork with answers 1-26-16

Alg 1 6th hr Notes 1-26-16

Monday, January 25, 2016

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 6-5.

Hwk #29 is due today.

The remainder of the period we reviewed problems like ones that will appear on the Final Exam.

4th Hour Final Exam:  Friday, January 29.

5th Hour Final Exam:  Thursday, January 28.

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Alg 1 4th & 5th hrs Bellwork with answers 1-25-16

Alg 1 4th,5th Notes 1-25-16

 

6th Hour:

Bellwork reviewed Sec 6-3, Standard Form and Horizontal and Vertical Lines.

Hwk #27 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed how to graph lines when written in any form.

Hwk #28 is due tomorrow.  Graphing Lines Practice Sheet.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, a copy of hwk #28, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 1 6th hour Bellwork with answers 1-25-16

Alg 1 Hwk #28 Graphing Lines

Alg 1 6th hr Notes 1-25-16

Friday, January 22, 2016

4th Hour:

Bellwork reviewed some problems for the upcoming Final Exam.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 6-5, Parallel and Perpendicular Lines.

Hwk #29 is due on Monday.  Sec 6-5

Page 314

Problems 3-5, 16, 20, 21, 24, 27, 35-37, 39

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Alg 1 4th hr Bellwork with answers 1-22-16

Alg 1 4th hour Notes 1-22-16.

 

5th Hour:

Bellwork reviewed some problems for the upcoming Final Exam.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 6-5, Parallel and Perpendicular Lines.  We also began discussing Sec 6-6, Scatter Plots and Trendlines.

Hwk #29 is due on Monday.  Sec 6-5

Page 314

Problems 3-5, 16, 20, 21, 24, 27, 35-37, 39

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Alg 1 5th hr Bellwork with answers 1-22-16

Alg 1 5th hour Notes 1-22-16

 

6th Hour:

This class did not meet today.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed graphing all the different linear equations.

Hwk #28 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 6-5, Parallel and Perpendicular Lines.

Hwk #29 is due on Monday.  Sec 6-5

Page 314

Problems 3-5, 16, 20, 21, 24, 27, 35-37, 39

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Alg 1 4th 5th hrs Bellwork with answers 1-21-16

Alg 1 4th,5th Notes 1-21-16

 

6th Hour:

Bellwork reviewed rewriting Point-Slope and Standard Form equations into Slope-Intercept Form, and modeling a real-life situation with an equation.

The worksheet from yesterday is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 6-3, Standard Form of a Linear Equation.  This section also discusses the equations and graphs of Horizontal and Vertical Lines.

Hwk #27 is due tomorrow.  Sec 6-3

Pages 301-302

Problems 5-8, 10, 11, 19, 20 ,36, 37, 49, 50  (for 49 & 50 just write the equation in Slope-Intercept Form).

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Alg 1 6th hr Bellwork with answers 1-21-16

Alg 1 6th hr Notes 1-21-16

 

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

4th & 5th Hours:

These classes did not meet today, students were at Henry Ford Health Systems.

 

6th Hour:

Bellwork reviewed writing equations in Slope-Intercept Form (Sec 6-2).

Hwk #26 is due today.

After going over Hwk #26 students took a short quiz over Sec 6-2 (Slope-Intercept Form).

After the quiz students were given a sheet of problems leading into the next section (6-3).  This sheet is due tomorrow.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and a copy of the practice sheet for Sec 6-3:

Alg 1 6th hr Bellwork with answers 1-20-16

Alg 1 6th hr Problems after Slope-Intercept Quiz

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 6-3.

Hwk #27 is due today.

Students took a short quiz over Sec 6-3.

The remainder of the period students learned and practiced how to graph every kind of line:  Slope-Intercept Form, Standard Form, Point-Slope Form, Horizontal Lines, and Vertical Lines.

Hwk #28 is due on Thursday:  Practice Sheet:  Graphing Lines

Students also received the remaining review for next week’s final exam (chapters 3, 5, and 6)

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, notes/examples from today’s lesson, a copy of Hwk #28, and a copy of the Final Exam Reviews for Chapters 3, 5, and 6:

Alg 1 4th & 5th hrs Bellwork with answers 1-19-16

Alg 1 4th,5th Notes 1-19-16

Alg 1 Hwk #28 Graphing Lines

Alg 1 Final Reviews Chapters 3, 5, 6

 

6th Hour:

Bellwork reviewed finding Slope and writing an equation of a line in Point-Slope Form.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Slope-Intercept Form (Sec 6-2).

Hwk #26 is due tomorrow.  Sec 6-2

Pages 594-295

Problems 6, 7, 22-25, 46, 56, 58, 70, 71

Students also received the remaining review for next week’s final exam (chapters 3, 5, and 6)

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, notes/examples from today’s lesson, and a copy of the Final Exam Reviews for Chapters 3, 5, and 6:

Alg 1 6th hr Bellwork with answers 1-19-16

Alg 1 6th hr Notes 1-19-16

Alg 1 Final Reviews Chapters 3, 5, 6

Friday, January 15, 2016

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed some of the characteristics of linear equations in Standard Form (Sec 6-3).

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 6-3.

Hwk #27 is due on Tuesday.  Sec 6-3 Pages 301-302

Problems 5-8, 10, 11, 19, 20, 36, 37, 49, 50  (for 49 & 50 only write the equation in Slope-Intercept Form).

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

Alg 1 4th & 5th hrs Bellwork with answers 11-15-16

4th and 5th hour Notes 1-15-16

 

6th Hour:

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 6-4, Point-Slope Form of a linear equation.

Hwk #25 is due today.

Students took a short quiz over Sec 6-4.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 6-2, Slope-Intercept Form

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

Alg 1 6th hr Bellwork with answers 1-15-16

6th hour Notes 1-15-16

 

Thursday, January 14, 2016

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed writing equations in Slope-Intercept Form (Sec 6-2).

Hwk #26 is due today.

Students took a short quiz over Sec 6-2, Slope-Intercept Form.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 6-3, Standard Form of a linear equation.  Students learned how to find the x and y intercepts of a line when the equation is in Standard Form.

Hwk #27 will be due next Tuesday.  Sec 6-3

Pages 301-302

Problems 5-8, 10, 11, 19, 20, 36, 37, 49, 50 (for 49 & 50 only write the equation in Slope Intercept Form)

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

Alg 1 4th & 5th hrs Bellwork with answers 1-14-16

4th and 5th hour Notes 1-14-16

 

6th Hour:

Bellwork reviewed finding Slope and Rate of Change (Sec 9-1).

Hwk #24 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 6-4, Point-Slope Form of a linear equation.

Hwk #25 is due tomorrow.  Sec 6-4

Pages 307-308

Problems 11-14, 21, 22, 37, 38, 40  (for 21, 22, & 40 write equation in Point-Slope Form only)

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

Alg 1 6th hr Bellwork with answers 1-14-16

6th hour Notes 1-14-16