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, June 7, 2017

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed using the Laws of Sines and Cosines (Sec 14-4 and 14-5).

Hwk #39 is due today.

The remainder of the period students were given a few problems to review for tomorrow’s Chapter 13/14 test.

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

Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 6-7-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 6-7-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving Rational Equations (Sec 9-6)

Hwk #44 is due today.

The remainder of the period students were given a few problems to review for tomorrow’s Chapter 9 Test.

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

Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 6-7-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 6-7-17

Tuesday, June 7, 2017

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed using the Law of Sines to find missing parts of triangles.

Hwk #38 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 14-5, The Law of Cosines.

Hwk #39 is due tomorrow.    Sec 14-5

Page 810.     Problems 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 26

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

Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 6-6-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 6-6-17

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving rational equations.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-6, Solving Rational Equations.

Hwk #44 is due tomorrow.     Sec 9-6

Page 524.   Problems 5, 25, 41, 46, 49-51

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

Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 6-6-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 6-6-17

Final Exam Reviews

Students began receiving the reviews for the Final Exam today.

Click on the links below for the Final Exam Reviews by Chapter:

 

Honors Algebra 2:

Chapter 7 Final Exam Review:

Hon Alg 2 Final Exam Review Chapter 7

Chapter 8 Final Exam Review:

Hon Alg 2 Final Exam Review Chapter 8

Chapter 9 Final Exam Review:

Hon Alg 2 Final Exam Review Chapter 9

Chapters 13 & 14 Final Exam Review:

Hon Alg 2 Final Exam Review Chapters 13 & 14

 

Algebra 2A:

Chapter 5 Final Exam Review:

Alg 2A Final Exam Review Chapter 5

Chapter 6 Final Exam Review:

Alg 2A Final Exam Review Chapter 6

Chapter 9 Final Exam Review:

Alg 2A Final Exam Review Chapter 9

Monday, June 5, 2017

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed verifying trigonometric identities (Sec 14-1) and reviewed using Sine, Cosine, and Tangent to find missing parts of right triangles.

Hwk #37 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 14-4, The Law of Sines.

Hwk #38 is due tomorrow.   Sec 14-4

Page 804.    Problems 5, 11, 12, 18, 28

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

Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 6-5-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 6-5-17

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving basic rational equations (Sec 9-6).

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 9-6.  We covered the topic of Extraneous Solutions.

Hwk #43 will be due on Wednesday.   Sec 9-6

Page 524.  Problems 5, 25, 41, 46, 49-51.

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

Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 6-5-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 6-5-17

Friday, June 2, 2017

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed simplifying trigonometric expressions (Sec 14-1)

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 14-1 by practicing verifying trigonometric identities.

Hwk #37 is due on Monday.   Sec 14-1

Page 780.  Problems 1, 2, 8, 20-23, 28, 30, 55, 57

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

Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 6-2-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 6-2-17

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed finding the Sum and Difference of Rational Expressions and simplifying Complex Rational Expressions.

Hwk #42 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 9-6, Solving Rational Equations.

Hwk #43 is due on Monday.   Sec 9-6

Page 524.  Problems 4, 6, 9, 14, 15, 21, 22

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

Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 6-2-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 6-2-17

Thursday, June 1, 2017

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice simplifying Trigonometric Expressions (Sec 14-1).

The remainder of the period we discussed tools available when simplifying trigonometric expressions, adding two other Pythagorean Identities to the list.  The students practiced simplifying more trigonometric expressions.  We also began discussing the idea of verifying trigonometric identities.

Hwk #37 will be due on Monday.  Sec 14-1

Page 780.       Problems 1, 2, 8, 20-23, 28, 30, 55, 57

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 6-1-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 6-1-17

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice simplifying Complex Rational Expressions (Sec 9-5).

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-5.  We then began our discussion on Sec 9-6, Solving Rational Equations.

Hwk #42 is due tomorrow.   Sec 9-5

Page 518.     Problems 26, 28, 44, 46-48.

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

Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 6-1-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 6-1-17

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students review on finding x-intercepts and VA for Tangent Functions and evaluating the Reciprocal Trigonometric Functions.

Hwk 36 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 14-1, Trigonometric Identities.  Students were introduced to the Pythagorean Identity and some of its variations.  We started with simplifying trigonometric expressions.

Next Hwk:  Hwk #37.    Sec 14-1

Page 780.   Problems 1, 2, 8, 20-23, 28, 30, 55, 57

The due date for this homework is still to be determined.

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

Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-31-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-31-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed finding the sum and difference of Rational Expressions.

Hwk #41 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 9-5.  We began discussing different ways to simplify Complex Rational Expressions.

Next Hwk:  Hwk #42.   Sec 9-5

Page 518.   Problems 26, 28, 44, 46-48.

The due date for this homework is still to be determined.

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

Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-31-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-31-17

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed the graphs and equations of the Tangent Function.

Hwk #35 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 13-8, the Reciprocal Trigonometric Functions.

Hwk # 36 is due tomorrow.   Sec 13-8

Page 766.   Problems 2-4, 9-14      AND      Page 797.   Problems 25, 28, 30

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

Hon Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-30-17

Hon Alg 2 Classnotes 5-30-17

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed simplifying the product and quotient of rational expresssions.

Hwk #40 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 6-5, Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions.

Hwk #41 is due tomorrow.    Sec 9-5

Page 517.     Problems 12, 14, 15, 21, 34, 37, 40

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

Alg 2A Bellwork with answers 5-30-17

Alg 2A Classnotes 5-30-17