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, March 14, 2016

Bellwork reviewed Sec 8-2, Scientific Notation.

Hwk #9 is due today.

The remainder of the period we talked briefly about the rules of exponents that students will be exposed to in Chapter 8. We then began our discussion on Sec 8-3, Multiplication Properties of Exponents.

Hwk #10 will be due on Thursday.  Sec 8-3

Pages 407-408

Problems  10, 12, 16-18, 21, 28, 40, 44-47

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 3-14-16

Alg 1 Notes 3-14-16

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Bellwork reviewed rules of exponents from Sec 8-1.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 8-1 and began with some of the skills that will be needed in Sec 8-2.

Hwk #8 is due on Thursday.  Sec 8-1

Pages 377-378

Problems 17-19, 28, 29, 32, 42-44, 77

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 3-8-16

Alg 1 Notes 3-8-16

Monday, March 7, 2016

No bellwork today.  Students were given 15 minutes to finish the Chapter 7 Test.

Sec 8-1 Preview sheet from Friday is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed rules of exponents found in Sec 8-1.

Hwk #8 is due on Thursday.  Sec 8-1

pages 397-398

Problems 17-19, 28, 29, 32, 42-44, 77

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Alg 1 Notes 3-7-16

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sections 7-4 and 7-5.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 7-6, Systems of Linear Inequalities.  We also looked ahead at some skills that will be used in Chapters 8 and 9.

Hwk #7 is due on Thursday.  Sec 7-6

Pages 380-381

Problems 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 17  Students are to use the sheet that I provided them.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, a copy of Hwk #7, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 1 Bellwork with answers 3-1-16

Alg 1 Hwk #7

Alg 1 Notes 3-1-16