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

Monday, November 2, 2015

Bellwork reviewed problems that will be on the upcoming Chapter 2 Test.

Hwk #13 is due today.

Students took an equation solving quiz.

After the quiz we began discussing Chapter 3 starting with Sec 3-1, the basic ideas of Inequalities.

Part 1 of the Chapter 2 Test will be Thursday: “Story Problems” from Sec 2-5
Part 2 of the Chapter 2 Test will be Friday: Sections 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6: Solving Equations.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 11-2-15
Notes 11-2-15

Friday, October 30, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving a d=rt problem from Sec 2-5.

Students took another equation solving quiz.

After the quiz we finished discussing some more of the d=rt problems from Sec 2-5.

Hwk #13 is due on Monday. Sec 2-5.
Pages 107-109
Problems 4, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 32

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 10-30-15
Notes 10-30-15

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Bellwork reviewed story problems from Sec 2-5 and solving an equation for a variable Sec 2-6

Students took an equation solving quiz today.

After the quiz we continued discussing Sec 2-5 by working on some more d=rt story problems.

Hwk #13 is due on Monday. Sec 2-5
Pages 107-109
Problems 4, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 32

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 10-29-15

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Bellwork reviewed consecutive integer problems and perimeter problems from Sec 2-5.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 2-5 by beginning story problems involving Distance, Rate, and Time (d=rt).

Hwk #13 is due on Monday Sec 2-5
Pages 107-109
Problems 4, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 32

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 10-27-15
Notes 10-27-15

Monday, October 26, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving equations with variables on both sides and solving an equation for one of its variables.

Hwk #12 is due today.

Students took another equation solving quiz.

After the quiz we began discussing Sec 2-5 which involves several types of “story” problems. We began with Perimeter Problems and Consecutive Integer Problems.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 10-26-15
Notes 10-26-15

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving equations with variables on both sides.
Hwk #11 is due today.

Students took another equation solving quiz.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 2-6: Solving an equation with “many” variables for one of its variables.

Hwk #12 is due on Monday. Sec 2-6
Pages 113-114
Problems 1-5, 7, 12, 24, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 10-22-15
Notes 10-22-15