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, October 4, 2017

Bellwork reviewed Composite Functions (Sec 7-6).

Hwk #10 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-6 Composite Functions and Function Operations.  We also began our discussion on Sec 7-7:  Inverse Relations.  Students were given an Exploration on Inverse Relations to work on.  We will finish discussing this exploration tomorrow and continue discussing Sec 7-7.

Hwk #11 is due tomorrow.    Sec 7-6

Page 401.  Problems 25, 30, 39, 40, 66, 68

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 10-4-17

Alg 2B Inverse Relations Exploration

Alg 2B Notes 10-4-17

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Bellwork gave students practice on performing function operations and finding the domain of the resulting function.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Composite Functions (Sec 7-6).

Hwk #10 is due tomorrow.  Sec 7-6

Page 400.   Problems 10-12, 14, 16, 17

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 10-3-17

Alg 2B Notes 10-3-17

Monday, October 2, 2017

Bellwork gave students practice on skills that they will be using in the next section and SAT like math questions.

Hwk #9 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 7-6 by discussing Function Operations.

Hwk #10.   Sec 7-6      Due date is still to be determined.

Page 400.   Problems 10-12, 14, 16, 17

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 10-2-17

Alg 2B Notes 10-2-17

 

Friday, September 29, 2017

Bellwork reviewed solving radical equations and SAT like math questions.

Hwk #8 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-5, Solving Radical Equations.

Hwk #9 is due Monday.   Sec 7-5

Page 395.   Problems 22, 24, 26, 35, 38, 42, 54

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 9-29-17

Alg 2B Notes 9-29-17

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Bellwork reviewed solving Radical Equations and SAT like math questions.

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

Hwk #8 is due tomorrow.    Sec 7-5

Page 394

Problems 6, 7, 9, 16-18, 23

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 9-28-17

Alg 2B Notes 9-28-17

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Bellwork gave students practice solving equations using roots and some SAT type math questions.

The classwork sheet from yesterday is due today.

The remainder of the period we started our discussion on Sec 7-5, Solving Radical Equations.

Hwk #8:    Sec 7-5  Due date is still to be determined.

Page 394.    Problems 6, 7, 9, 16-18, 23

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 9-27-17

Alg 2B Notes 9-27-17

Monday, September 25, 2017

Bellwork reviewed for tomorrow’s quiz over Sections 7-1 to 7-4.  There was also a couple of SAT style math questions on the bellwork.

Hwk #7 is due today.

The remainder of the period we reviewed for tomorrow’s quiz.

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 9-25-17

Alg 2B Notes 9-25-17

 

Friday, September 22, 2017

Bellwork reviewed finding the product of two binomial radical expressions and an SAT like math question.

Hwk #6 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-3.

Hwk #7 is due on Monday.     Sec 7-3

Page 382.   Problems 21, 22, 24, 25, 34, 40, 42, 44

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 9-22-17

Alg 2B Notes 9-22-17