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

Thursday, November 17, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Solving Quadratic Equations and stating the number of x-intercepts the graph of a Quadratic Function has using the Discriminant.

Hwk #20 is due today.

The remainder of the period we practiced answering questions about real-life situations that are modeled with Quadratic Functions.

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-11-17-16

hon-alg-classnotes-11-17-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice solving systems of linear equations and being able to write a system of linear equations to model a real-world situation then solving the system.

Hwk #16 is due today.

The remainder of the period students practice solving systems of equations involving equations with fractions, forcing the use of a given method even when it doesn’t seem to be the “easiest” method to use, and interpreting the outcome of a system of equations.

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-11-17-16

alg-2a-classnotes-11-17-16

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice with SAT-style math questions.

The remainder of the period students practiced finding EXACT solutions to  Quadratic Equations using the Quadratic Formula.

Hwk #20 is due tomorrow.   Sec 5-8.

Page 293.  Problems 8, 9, 21, 22, 31-33, 57-59

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-11-16-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-11-16-16

 

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice solving a system of equations using Elimination and Substitution.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 3-2.  Students practiced solving systems of equations where the answer is No Solution or Many Solutions, systems that involved fractions, and writing systems given a real-life situation then solving.

Hwk #16 is due tomorrow.   Sec 3-2

Page 128.    Problems 14, 17, 35, 54-58 (for problems 54-58 students are to solve the systems too)

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-11-16-16

alg-2a-classnotes-11-16-16

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice with real-world problems involving Quadratic Equations.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 5-8, Quadratic Formula.

Hwk #20 is due on Thursday.    Sec 5-8

Page 293.           Problems 8, 9, 21, 22, 31-33, 57-59

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-11-15-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-11-15-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving systems of linear equations and finding the number of solutions without actually solving the system.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 3-2, Solving Systems of Linear Equations using the algebraic techniques of Substitution and Elimination.

Hwk #16 is due on Thursday.  Sec 3-2

Page 128.     Problems 14, 17, 35, 54-58 (students must solve the systems of equations in problems 54-58 too).

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-11-15-16

alg-2a-classnotes-11-15-16

Monday, November 14, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving quadratic equations by Factoring or using Square Roots.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 5-8, Quadratic Formula.

Hwk #20.  Sec 5-8.

Page 293.  Problems 8, 9, 21, 22,, 31-33, 57-59

Due date for this assignment 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-11-14-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-11-14-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed stating the number of solutions to a system of equations without graphing and modeling a real-life situation with a system of equations and solving the system.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 3-2, Solving Systems of Linear Equations with Algebra.

Hwk #15 is due tomorrow.

Practice Sheet Sec 3-1.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, a copy of Hwk #15, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-11-14-16

alg-2a-hwk-15-sec-3-1

alg-2a-classnotes-11-14-16

Friday, November 11, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving quadratic equations by factoring and square roots, Sec 5-5.

Hwk #19 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed modeling real-life situations with quadratic equations then using those equations to answer a given question about the situation.

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-11-11-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-11-11-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice modeling a given situation with a system of equations and solving this system to answer a question about the situation.

The Classwork Sheet from yesterday is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 3-1.  This section discusses how to solve a system of equations by graphing and how to find the number of solutions to a system of equations without graphing.

Hwk #15 was passed out to students.  Practice Sheet Sec 3-1.

This homework will be due on Tuesday.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, a copy of Hwk #15,  and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-11-11-16

alg-2a-hwk-15-sec-3-1

alg-2a-classnotes-11-11-16

Thursday, November 10, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving equations by factoring.

The remainder of the period we discussed solving quadratic equations using Square Roots (Sec 5-5).

Hwk #19 is due tomorrow.       Sec 5-5

Page 270.  Problems 2,3,6,7,10,11,14,15,35,51,52

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-11-10-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-11-10-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

No bellwork today students took the test over Chapter 2.

After the test students have a Classwork sheet to complete giving them practice graphing a system of equations to find the solutions.  This sheet is due tomorrow.

Click on the link below for a copy of this Classwork Sheet:

alg-2a-classwork-11-10-16

 

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice on SAT style math questions.

Classwork from Monday is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 5-5, Solving Quadratic Equations.  We focused on solving by factoring.  We also discussed information you can get from a quadratic function in Factored Form, y = (     )(     ).

Hwk #19.  Sec 5-5     This homework will be due on Friday

Page 270.  Problems 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 35, 51, 52

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-11-9-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-11-9-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed for tomorrow’s Chapter 2 Test.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Systems of Equations and Systems of Inequalities which will be studied in Chapter 3.

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-11-9-16

alg-2a-classnotes-11-9-16

Monday, November 7, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

No bellwork today, students took a quiz over Sections 2-4,5-1 to 5-4.

After the quiz students had a Classwork Sheet to work on from Sec 5-5.  This sheet is due tomorrow.

Click on the link below for a copy of this Classwork Sheet:

hon-alg-2-classwork-11-7-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed for Thursday’s Test over Chapter 2.

The remainder of the period we continued reviewing for the test.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and the problems that we reviewed in class:

alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-11-7-16

alg-2a-classnotes-11-7-16