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, February 9, 2015

Bellwork reviewed finding Horizontal and Vertical Asymptotes and the behavior of the graph near them.

The remainder of the period we discussed how to find the x and y intercepts of Rational Functions and using them along with the asymptotes to make a sketch of Rational Functions.

Hwk #4 is due tomorrow:  Practice Sheet for graphs of Rational Functions.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, notes/examples from today’s lesson, and a copy of Hwk #4:

Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-9-15

Notes 2-9-15

Alg 2 Hwk #4

Friday, February 6, 2015

Bellwork reviewed finding Horizontal Asymptotes by analyzing the equation and finding the behavior around asymptotes by using the TABLE function on the graphing calculator.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing the graphs of Rational Functions.

Hwk #4 is due on Tuesday, February 10:  Graphs of Rational Functions. This hwk is a practice sheet that the students received today.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, notes/examples from today’s lesson, and a copy of Hwk #4:

Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-6-15

Notes 2-6-15

Alg 2 Hwk #4

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Bellwork reviewed sec 9-3, finding points of discontinuity for Rational Functions.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing sec 9-3:  Graphs of Rational Functions.  Students learned how to find the equation of the HA, if any, by using the TABLE function on the graphing calculator or by analyzing the equation.

Hwk #3 is due tomorrow:  Pages 505-506, Problems 2-4, 13, 17, 18, 21-24

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

Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-5-15

Notes 2-5-15

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving Rational Equations (Sec 9-6) and graphs of Reciprocal Functions (9-2).

Hwk #2 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Points of Discontinuity (Sec 9-3) and we explored how the graph behaves as it approaches Vertical and Horizontal Asymptotes.

Hwk #3 is due on Friday, Feb. 6:  pages 505-506, Problems 2-4, 13, 17, 18, 21-24.  Students should be able to complete problems 2-4, 13, 17, and 18 after todays lesson.

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 2-4-15

Notes 2-4-15

Friday, January 30, 2015

Bellwork reviewed Area problems from geometry for ACT review.

Hwk #1 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 9-2:  Graphs of the Reciprocal Function.

Hwk #2 is due on Monday:  Page 498, Problems 15, 16, 18, 19, 22-24

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 1-30-15

Notes 1-30-15

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving rational equations.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 9-2:  Graphs of Reciprocal Functions (Hyperbolas).

Hwk #1 is due on Friday:  Pages 524-526, Problems 5, 8, 12, 14, 41, 50, 51

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 1-28-15

Notes 1-28-15