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, April 25, 2016

Bellwork reviewed factoring trinomials into two binomials, Sec 9-6

ixl asisgnments #1 and #2 are due today by 4:00pm

ixl #1:  Skill Z.8

ixl #2:  Skill AA.2

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

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-6, factoring quadratics when the leading coefficient (a) is not one.

Hwk #20 is due tomorrow.  Sec 9-6

Pages 487-488

Problems 6, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 36

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 4-25-16

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Thursday, April 21, 2106

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 9-3.

Hwk #18 is due today.

Students took a homework quiz over Section 9-3 today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-4, Expanding:  Special Cases.

Hwk #19 is due tomorrow.  Sec 9-4

Pages 477-478

Problems 4, 5, 16, 17, 29, 37, 38, 46, 49, 50

We also began looking at the skills that will be used in Sections 9-6 and 9-5.

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 4-21-16

Alg 1 Notes 4-21-16

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 9-3

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-3, Multiplying Binomials.  We then began discussing Sec 9-4, Expanding, Special Cases.

Hwk #18 is due on Thursday.  Sec 9-3

Pages 470-471

Problems 20, 30, 33-37, 45

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 4-19-16

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Monday, April 18, 2016

Bellwork practiced problems from Sec 9-1 and 9-2.

Hwk #17 is due today.

After the bellwork we reviewed for a few minutes material from Sec 9-1.  Students then took a short quiz (Hwk Quiz) over sections 9-1 & 9-2.

After the homework quiz we began discussing Sec 9-3, Multiplying Binomials (Expanding).

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Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 4-18-16

Alg 1 Notes 4-18-16