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

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving Quadratic Equations using the Quadratic Formula.
The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 10-7, The Quadratic Formula.

Hwk #26 is due on Thursday: Sec 10-7, pages 550-551, problems 3, 6, 12-14, 19, 20, 24, 25

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Alg 1 Bellwork with Answers 5-5-15
Notes 5-5-15

Monday, May 4, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving quadratic equations by factoring.
Hwk #25 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began section 10-7: The Quadratic Formula

Hwk #26 is due on Thursday: Sec 10-7, pages 550-551, problems 3, 6, 12-14, 19, 20, 24, 25

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 5-4-15
Notes 5-4-15

Friday, May 1, 2015

Today’s bellwork was a lateral thinking question.

The practice Sheet for Sec 10-5 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 10-5: Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring.

Hwk #25 is due on Monday: Sec 10-5, pages 538-539, problems 1-3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 27, 32

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Notes 5-1-15

Monday, April 27, 2015

Bellwork reviewed skills from Sec 10-2 and 10-3

Hwk #23 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 10-4, Solving Quadratic Equations.

Hwk #24 is de tomorrow: Sec 10-4, pages 531-532, problems 12-16, 20, 21, 23-25, 33-37

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 4-27-15
Notes 4-27-15

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Bellwork reviewed graphing a quadratic equation, finding the max/min of a situation that is modeled by a quadratic function (sec 10-2), and finding factors of a number such that one of the factors is a perfect square (Sec 10-3).

Hwk #22 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed simplifying square roots (sec 10-3).

Hwk #23 is due on Monday: Sec 10-3, pages 526-527, problems 10-12, 21, 22, 26-28 AND simplifying the square roots that are listed on the Hwk Assignment sheet for Chapter 10.

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 4-23-15
Notes 4-23-15