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

Friday, May 15, 2015

Bellwork reviewed simplifying radicals involving constants and variables with exponents.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 11-1: Simplifying Radicals and Radical Expressions.

Hwk #28 will be due on Tuesday because we will need an extra day to finish our discussion on Sec 11-1.

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 5-15-15
Notes 5-15-15

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Bellwork reviewed rules of exponents and simplifying radicals.

The remainder of the period we began sec 11-1: Simplifying Radical Expressions.

Students received the Homework Assignments for Chapter 11.

Hwk #28 is due on Monday: Sec 11-1, pages 581-582, problems 6-8, 14-16, 21, 22, 33, 35, 44, 47, 50.

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 5-14-15
Notes 5-14-15

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving quadratic equations using Square Roots, Quadratic Formula, and Factoring.
Hwk #26 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed how to find the time it takes an object to reach a given height using a quadratic equation and solving using the Quadratic Formula.

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

Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 5-7-15
Notes 5-7-15