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 12, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving systems of equations with Elimination, Substitution, and Matrices.

Hwk #12 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 2-7 & 3-3, Graphing Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities.

Chapter 3 Quiz Tomorrow.

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hon-alg-2-bellwork-with-answers-10-12-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-10-12-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Domain & Range and Equations of lines.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 2-1 by going over the topic of Function Notation.

Hwk #9 is due tomorrow.  Sec 2-1

Page 59.    Problems 12, 13, 17, 18, 37-39, 46, 50, 51

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alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-10-12-16

alg-2a-classnotes-10-12-16

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving systems of equations with three variables.

Hwk #11 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on systems of equations in three variables, Sec 3-5 & 3-6.  We also discussed solving a system of quadratic equations.

Hwk #12 is due tomorrow.  Sec 3-6

Page 158.  Problems 26, 27, 30, 31

AND

Page 218.  Problems 30, 42

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

 

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Domain, Range, and if a Relation is a Function or not.

The classwork sheet from yesterday is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 2-1 Relations and Functions and also Sec 2-2, Linear Functions.

Hwk #9 is due on Thursday.    Sec 2-1

Page 59.  Problems 12, 13, 17, 18, 37-39, 46, 50, 51

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alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-10-11-16

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Monday, October 10, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving systems of linear equations using matrices.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Solving Systems of Equations Using Matrices (sec 4-7).  We then began discussing Sections 3-5 (Graphs of three variables) and 3-6 (Systems with three variables).

Hwk #11 is due tomorrow.  Sec 4-7

Page 217.  Problems 7-11.  Write out matrices A and B then give the answer as an ordered pair.

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hon-alg-2-bellwork-with-answers-10-10-16

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

 

4th & 5th Hours:

No bellwork today.  Students took the test over Chapter 1.

After the test students were given a sheet to work on previewing Sections 2-1 and 2-2.  We had already discussed Sec 2-1 last week and Sec 2-2 students have been exposed to in Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1.  This sheet is due tomorrow.

Click on the link below for a copy of the Classwork for Sec 2-1 & 2-2:

alg-2a-classwork-10-10-16-sec-2-1-2-2

Friday, October 7, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice on SAT style math questions.

Hwk #10 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed how to use matrices to solve a system of linear equations (Sec 4-7).

Hwk #11 is due on Tuesday.  Sec 4-7

Page 217.       Problems 7-11

Students are to write out Matrices A and B then give the solution as an ordered pair.

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hon-alg-2-bellwork-with-answers-10-7-16

hon-alg-2-classnotes-10-7-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Today’s bellwork was review for Monday’s Chapter 1 Test.

The remainder of the period we reviewed more for the Chapter 1 test then began discussing Sec 2-1, Relations and Functions.

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alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-10-7-16

alg-2a-classnotes-10-7-16

Thursday, October 6, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed writing systems of inequalities, writing and solving systems of equations, and determining the number of solutions to a system of equations without acutually solving the system.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 3-2 and began discussing using matrices on the graphing calculator in preparation for solving systems of equations using matrices.

Hwk #10 is due tomorrow.  Sec 3-2

Page 128.   Problems 14, 17, 35, 54-58.

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hon-alg-2-bellwork-with-answers-10-6-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-10-6-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed for Monday’s Chapter 1 Test.

Hwk #8 is due today.

The remainder of the period we reviewed a little more for Monday’s Test then began discussion Sec 2-1, Relations and Functions.

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alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-10-6-16

alg-2a-classnotes-10-6-16

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed graphing a system of inequalities and stating the number of solutions to a system of linear equations without actually solving.

Hwk #9 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 3-2, Solving Linear Systems using Algebra.

Hwk #10.  Sec 3-2     This will be due on Friday

Page 128.   Problems 14, 17, 35, 54-58

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hon-alg-2-bellwork-with-answers-10-5-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-10-5-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 1-5.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 1-5 and did some review for the upcoming Chapter 1 Test.  This test will be given on Monday.

Hwk #8      Sec 1-5         Due Tomorrow

Page 36.    Problems 10, 14, 20 ,23, 41, 47, 51    Students do NOT need to graph the solutions.

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alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-10-5-16

alg-2a-classnotes-10-5-16

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork gave students practice on SAT-type math questions for practice on the PSAT10 and SAT being given in the Spring.

The classwork sheet from yesterday is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 3-1, Systems of Linear Equations.  Students learned to find the number of solutions to a system of linear equations without actually solving the system.

Hwk #9     Sec 3-1      Due tomorrow

Page 122           Problems 38-43, 46-48, 52

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honors-alg-2-classnotes-10-4-16

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving an equation for one of its variables and solving Absolute Value Equations.

Students were given the review for the Chapter 1 (and Sec 2-5) Test.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 1-5 by going over ways to solve Absolute Value Inequalities.

Hwk #8 is due on Thursday.     Sec 1-5

Page 36.   Problems 10, 14, 20, 23, 41, 47, 51   (Do NOT graph solutions)

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alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-10-4-16

alg-2a-classnotes-10-4-16