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

Friday, September 27, 2013

Bellwork was four ACT type questions for students to practice on.

The remainder of the period we discussed writing and graphing a system of linear inequalities to was then used to maximize a given situation (Sec 3-4).

Hwk #6 is due today.

Hwk #7 is due on Monday.  Use matrices to solve systems of equations not Elimination or Substitution.

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

Bellwork 9-27-13

Bellwork Answers 9-27-13

Notes (sec 3-4) 9-27-13

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Bellwork was review for writing a system of equations in three variables then solving these kinds of systems using matrices on the graphing calculator.

The remainder of the period we discussed graphing linear inequalities on the x-y plane and graphing a system of linear inequalities (Sec 3-3).  We also began discussing how to model the constraints of a given situation using inequalities (begin sec 3-4).

Hwk #6 is due tomorrow

Hwk #7 is due Monday(solve equations using matrices).

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork (with answers) and notes from today’s lesson:

Bellwork and answers 9-26-13

Notes (sec 3-3) 9-26-13

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Bellwork reviewed writing systems of equations and solving them using matrices on the graphing calculator.

The remainder of the period we discussed systems of equations in three variables (Sec 3-6) and what they represent graphically/visually.  Students then learned how to solve a system of three equations using matrices on the graphing calculator and what these solutions/non-solutions represent.

Hwk #5 is due today.

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

Bellwork 9-25-13

Bellwork answers 9-25-13

Notes (sec 3-6) 9-25-13

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Bellwork had students practice writing and solving systems of linear equations.

The remainder of the period we discussed solving systems of linear equations with matrices using the graphing calculators (Sec 4-7).

Hwk #5 is due tomorrow.

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

Bellwork 9-24-13

Bellwork Answers

Notes and examples (Sec 4-7) 9-24-13

Monday, September 23, 2013

Bellwork reviewed finding the number of solutions to a system of equations and writing and solving a system of equations given a “story” problem.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 3-2, solving a system of linear equations using algebra:  Substitution and Elmination.

Hwk #5 is due on Wednesday.

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

Bellwork 9-23-13

Bellwork Answers 9-23-13

Notes (Sec 3-2) 9-23-13

Friday, September 20, 2013

No bellwork today.  Students were given Quiz #1.

The remainder of the period students were asked to try solving problems involving systems of linear equations in order to measure their prior knowledge of the subject.  Topics included:

  • Telling the number of solutions to a system of linear equations without graphing.
  • Using a graphing calculator to find the solution to a system of linear equations by finding where the graphs intersect.
  • Finding the solution to a system of linear equations by using the algebraic method of Substitution.

No hwk due today.

Hwk #5 will be due Wednesday, September 25.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Today’s bellwork had students write equations of lines and solve a story problem involving perimeter.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion of Sec 7-6, Operations with Functions and Composite Functions.

Hwk #3 is due today

Hwk #4 is due on Thursday

Quiz #1 is Friday

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

Bellwork 9-17-13

Bellwork Answers 9-17-13

Notes (sec 7-6) 9-17-13