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, November 20, 2013

Bellwork reviewed describing end behavior of polynomials and sketching their graphs.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 6-1 and continued working on Sec 6-2.

Hwk #20 is due tomorrow.

Hwk #21 is due on Monday.

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Bellwork 11-20-13

Bellwork Answers 11-20-13

Notes 11-20-13

Hwk #21

Friday, November 15, 2013

This blog entry was accidentally place in my Algebra 1 Blog:

 

Bellwork reviewed Area, Special Right Triangles, and Trigonometry.

The remainder of the period students explored the shapes of the zeros of a polynomial function.

Students were able to sketch the graph of a polynomial in factored form by using the shapes of the zeros.

Students were also able to take the graph of a polynomial and write its equation in factored form.

Hwk #19 is due on Monday.

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Bellwork 11-15-13

Bellwork Answers 11-15-13

Notes 11-15-13

Monday, November 18, 2013

Bellwork reviewed how to sketch the graph of a polynomial and how to write the equation given the graph.

The remainder of the period we discussed sec 6-1 and 6-2.

Students were given the homework assignments for Chapter 6.

Hwk #20 will be due on Thursday.

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Bellwork 11-18-13

Bellwork Answers 11-18-13

Notes 11-18-13

Monday, November 11, 2013

Bellwork reviewed finding surface area of a cylinder and a pyramid.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 5-7.

Hwk #18 is due tomorrow.

We also began looking ahead to Chapter 6 by discussing how the equation of a quadratic could be determined given the x-intercepts of the graph or zeros of the function.

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Bellwork 11-11-13

Bellwork Answers 11-11-13

Notes 11-11-13