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

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Bellwork today was a Lateral Thinking Question.
Hwk #17 is due today for 1st hour
Hwk #18 is due tomorrow for 3rd hour

Today we reviewed the following: Rationalizing Denominators and Solving Radical Equations.

Hwk #18 is due Friday, May 1 for 1st hour: Pages 394-395, problems 6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 21-23, 54

Click on the link below for a copy of examples/notes from today’s lesson:
Notes 3-29-15

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

1st hour:
Bellwork reviewed rationalizing denominators and simplifying radical expressions and their products.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-3 by using conjugates to rationalize denominators.
Hwk #17 is due tomorrow: Sec 7-3, pages 382-383, problems 15, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32, 43, 44

Click on the links below for a copy of the bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-28-15 1st hour
Notes 3-28-15 1st hour

3rd hour:
Bellwork reviewed solving radical equations.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-5 by solving more types of radical equations.
Hwk #18 is due tomorrow: Sec 7-5, pages 394-395, problems 6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 21-23, 54

Click on the links below for a copy of the bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-28-15 3rd hour
Notes 3-28-15 3rd hour

Monday, April 27, 2015

1st Hour:
Bellwork reviewed rationalizing denominators (Sec 7-2).
Hwk #16 is due today.
The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 7-3.
Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 First Hour Bellwork with Answers 4-27-15
Notes 3-27-15 1st hour

3rd Hour:
Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 7-3.
Hwk #17 is due today.
The remainder of the period we began discussing solving radical equations (Sec 7-4).
Hwk #18 is due on Wednesday: Sec 7-4, pages 394-395, problems 6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 21-23, 54
Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 Third Hour Bellwork with Answers 4-27-15
Notes 3-27-15 3rd hour

Friday, April 24, 2015

1st hour:
Bellwork reviewed simplifying radical expressions and the product and quotient of radical expressions.
The remainder of the period we discussed rationalizing denominators (Sec 7-2)
Hwk #16 is due on Monday: Sec 7-2, pages 377-378, problems 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 43, 46, 50, 53
Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 first hour bellwork with answers 4-24-15
Notes 3-24-15 1st hour

3rd hour:
Bellwork reviewed rationalizing denominators.
Hwk #16 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 7-5, Solving Radical Equations.
Hwk #17 is due on Monday: Sec 7-3, pages 382-383, problems 15, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32, 43, 44

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 third hour bellwork with answers 4-24-15
Notes 3-24-15 3rd hour

Thursday, April 23, 2015

1st hour did not meet due to M-Step testing.

3rd hour:
Bellwork reviewed rationalizing denominators.

The remainder of the period we began sec 7-3: Multiplying and dividing binominal radical expressions.

Hwk #16 is due Friday for 3rd hour (Monday for 1st hour)
Hwk #17: Sec 7-3, pages 382-383, problems 15, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32, 43, 44 (Due Monday for 3rd hour)

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

Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-23-15

Notes 3-23-15 3rd hour

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

1st hour class did not meet due to students taking the M-Step Mathematics Test.

3rd hour:
Bellwork reviewed simplifying radicals and the product and quotient of radicals.
The remainder of the period we discussed rationalizing denominators (Sec 7-2).
Hwk #16 is due Thursday: Sec 7-2, pages 377-378, problems 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 43, 46, 50, 53

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-21-15

Notes 3-21-15 3rd hour

Monday, April 20, 2015

Bellwork reviewed sample math problems for the M-Step Test.

1st hour: After the bellwork we discussed simplifying the product and quotient of radical expressions (Sec 7-2).
Hwk #16: Sec 7-2, pages 377-378, problems 14, 20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 43, 46, 50, 53. This assignment will be due on Monday, April 27

3rd hour: After the bellwork we finished simplifying the quotient of radical expressions and discussed rationalizing the denominator of a rational radical expression (Sec 7-2).
Hwk #16: Sec 7-2, pages 377-378, problems 14, 20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 43, 46, 50, 53. This assignment will be due on Thursday, April 23

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson in each period:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-20-15
Notes 3-20-15 1st hour
Notes 3-20-15 3rd hour

Friday, April 17, 2015

Bellwork reviewed M-Step example math problems.

1st hour:
After the bellwork we finished sec 7-1 by simplifying expressions involving fractional exponents. We then began discussing Sec 7-2 by simplifying the product of radical expressions.

3rd hour:
After the bellwork we continued discussing Sec 7-2 by simplifying the quotient of radical expressions.

The next hwk assignment will be Hwk #16: Sec 7-2, pages 377-378, problems 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 43, 46, 50, 53. This homework will be due on Tuesday.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Alg 2 Bellwork 4-17-15

Alg 2 Bellwork Answers 4-17-15

Notes 3-17-15 1st hour

Notes 3-17-15 3rd hour