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, April 2, 2015

Bellwork reviewed factoring trinomials (Sec 9-5, 9-6).
Hwk #’s 16 and 17 are due today.
Students took a Hwk Quiz over Sec 9-5,6
The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-7.
Hwk #18 is due on Monday, April 13: Sec 9-7, pages 493-494, problems 3, 6, 14, 19, 22, 32, 38, 48, 62

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Alg 1 Bellwork 4-2-15

Notes 4-2-15

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Bellwork today was a Lateral Thinking question.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-6 and 9-5 (factoring trinomials). We also discussed Sec 9-7, factoring special cases.

Hwk #’s 16 and 17 are due on Thursday:
Hwk #16: Sec 9-6, pages 487-488, problems 6, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24
Hwk #17: Sec 9-5, pages 483-484, problems 33-36, 45, 46, 53, 57

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Notes 3-31-15

Monday, March 30, 2015

Bellwork reviewed the skills needed for factoring trinomials.
Practice Sheet from Friday after the quiz is due today.
The remainder of the period we discussed the Box Method for factoring trinomials.
Hwk #16 is due on Thursday: Sec 9-6, pages 487-488, problems 6, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 3-30-15

Notes 3-30-15

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 9-4.
Hwk #15 is due today.
Students took a homework quiz over sec 9-4.
The remainder of the period we reviewed for tomorrow’s quiz over Sections 9-1 to 9-4. We also began discussing the skills required for Sec 9-6.
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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 3-26-15

Notes 3-26-15

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Bellwork reviewed expanding two binomials (Sec 9-3).
Students took a homework quiz over Sec 9-3.

The remainder of the period we discussed expanding special cases (Sec 9-4).

Hwk #15 is due on Thursday: Sec 9-4, pages 477-478, problems 4, 5, 16, 29, 37, 38, 46, 49

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 3-24-15

Notes 3-24-15

Monday, March 23, 2015

Bellwork reviewed Sec 9-1 and 9-2.
Hwk #14 is due today.
After the bellwork and homework students took a homework quiz over sec 9-1 & 9-2.
The remainder of the period we continued with sec 9-3 and began 9-4.

Hwk #15 is due on Thursday: Sec 9-4, Pages 477-478, Problems 4, 5, 16, 29, 37, 38, 46, 49

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 3-23-15

Notes 3-23-15