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, May 5, 2016

Bellwork reviewed for Monday’s Chapter 9 Test.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-8, Factoring Polynomials with Four Terms.  We also started discussing simplifying square roots which is  a topic students will see in Chapter 10 this year, in Algebra 2 next year, and in Geometry the following year.

Hwk #23 is due tomorrow.  Sec 9-8

Pages 499-500

Problems 35-38, 42, 43

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 5-5-16

Alg 1 Notes 5-5-16

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Bellwork reviewed factoring from Sections 9-5 and 9-7.

Hwk #22 is due today

Students took a homework quiz over Sections 9-5 and 9-7

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 9-8, Factoring Polynomials with Four Terms.

Hwk #23 is due on Friday.  Sec 9-8

Pages 499-500

Problems 35-38, 42, 43

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 5-3-16

Alg 1 Notes 5-3-16

Monday, May 2, 2016

Bellwork reviewed factoring trinomials where a=1.

Hwk #21 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-5, Factoring ax^2 + bx + c when a=1. We then discussed Sec 9-7, Factoring Special Cases.

Hwk #22 is due tomorrow.  Sec 9-7

Pages 493-494

Problems 3, 6, 14, 19, 22, 32, 38, 48, 62

ixl assignment #4 Skill AA.3 and #5 Skill AA.5 are due Wednesday by 3:30pm

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 5-2-16

Alg 1 Notes 5-2-16

Friday, April 29, 2016

No bellwork today, Students took a quiz over Sections 9-1 to 9-4, & 9-6.

 

ixl Assignment #3 is due today:  Skill AA.4

Students must get a Smart Score of at least 90.

 

Hwk #21 is due Monday.  Sec 9-5

Pages 483-484

Problems 10, 15, 25, 26, 33, 34, 46, 47, 57

 

ixl Assignments #4 & #5 are due next week:

#4:  Skill AA.3

#5:  Skill AA.5

Students must get a Smart Score of at least 90.

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Bellwork was a lateral thinking question.

The remainder of the period we reviewed for tomorrow’s quiz over Sections 9-1 to 9-4 & 9-6.  We also looked at the skills used in Sections 9-5 & 9-7.

Hwk #21 is due on Monday.  Sec 9-5

Pages 483-484

Problems 10, 15, 25, 26, 33, 34, 46, 47, 57

Also due next week will be the next two ixl assignments.  The exact due date will be announced.

ixl #4  Skill AA.3

ixl #5  Skil AA.5

Students must get a Smart Score of at least 90 to receive full credit.

 

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

Alg 1 Notes 4-28-16