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

Monday, October 3, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

No bellwork today.  Students took Test #1.  After the test students were to take a Classwork Sheet reviewing Systems of Equations.  This sheet is due tomorrow.

Click on the link below for a copy of the classwork sheet due tomorrow:

hon-alg-2-classwork-10-3-16

 

4 & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Domain and Range of a graph, modeling a statement with an inequality or an equation, and solving an Absolute Value Equation.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 1-5, Solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities.

Hwk #8.      Sec 1-5      Due date still to be determined.

Page 36.   Problems 10, 14, 20, 23, 41, 47, 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-10-3-16

alg-2a-classnotes-10-3-16

Friday, September 30, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Composite Functions and Domain and Range of a graph.

Homework #8 is due today.

The remainder of the period we reviewed for Monday’s Test over Sections 1-3 to 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, & 7-6

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

hon-alg-2-bellwork-with-answers-9-30-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-9-30-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Sec 2-5, Domain and Range of graph, and the concept of the opposite of a quantity.

Hwk #7 is due for 4th hour.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 1-5, Solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities.

Hwk #8 was given.  Due date is still to be determined.   Sec 1-5

Page 36

Problems 10, 14, 20, 23, 41, 47, 51

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

alg-2a-bellwork-with-answsers-9-30-16

alg-2a-classnotes-9-30-16

Thursday, September 29, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed finding composite functions.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-6, Function Operations.

Hwk #8 is due tomorrow.  Sec 7-6

Page 400.   Problems 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 32, 38, 39, 65, 66

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-9-29-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-9-29-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed finding Domain and Range from a graph and writing and graphing Absolute Value Functions.

Hwk #7 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished  our discussion on Sec 2-5 and began discussing Sec 1-5, Solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities.

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-9-29-16

alg-2a-classnotes-9-29-16

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed performing function operations on several functions.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 7-6 by starting our discussion on Composite Functions.

Hwk #8 was assigned.  Sec 7-6  This will be due on Friday

Page 400.  Problems 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 32, 38, 39, 65, 66

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-9-28

honors-alg-2-classnotes-9-28-16-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed finding Domain and Range of graphs and introduced the idea of solving an equation involving Absolute Values.

The Classwork sheet from after yesterday’s quiz is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 2-5, Graphs of the Absolute Value Function.

Hwk #7 was assigned.    Sec 2-5

Practice Sheet over Sec 2-5

This sheet will be due Friday for 4th hour and is due tomorrow for 5th hour.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, a copy of Hwk #7, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

alg-2a-bellwork-with-answers-9-28-16

alg-2a-hwk-7

alg-2a-classnotes-9-28-16

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed equations of lines and Parallel/Perpendicular lines.

Hwk #7 is due today.

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

Hwk #8 was assigned.  Due date is still to be determined.

Sec 7-6.     Page 400.   Problems 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 32, 38, 39, 65, 66

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-9-27-16
honors-alg-2-classnotes-9-27-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

No bellwork today.  Students took a Quiz over Sections 1-1 to 1-4.

After the quiz students were given some Classwork to preview the material in Sec 2-5.  This sheet is due tomorrow.

Click on the link below for a copy of today’s Classwork:

alg-2a-classwork-9-27-16

Monday, September 26, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed Function Notation and solving an Absolute Value Inequality.

Hwk #6 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 2-2, Linear Equations.

Hwk #7 is due tomorrow.  Sec 2-2

Page 68.  Problems 28, 29, 33, 36-41, 60 (do not graph lines in problems 38-41)

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-9-26-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-9-26-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving and interpreting the solutions to compound inequalities.

Hwk #6 is due today.

The remainder of the period we reviewed for tomorrow’s quiz over Sections 1-1 to 1-4.

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-9-26-16

alg-2a-classnotes-9-26-16

Friday, September 23, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed  factoring trinomials and expanding the square of a binomial.

Classwork from yesterday is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 2-1, Relations and Functions, and Function Notation.

Hwk #6 is due Monday.  Sec 2-1

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

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-9-23-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-9-23-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed factoring a trinomial, expanding the square of a binomial, and finding Domain and Range of a graph.

Hwk #5 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 1-4 by covering the topic of Compound Inequalities and being able to write the solution as a single inequality.

Hwk #6 is due Monday.  Sec 1-4

Page 29.  Problems 21-24, 28, 34, 48, 55  (Write answers as a single statement, if possible)

Quiz #1 over sections 1-1 to 1-4 will be Tuesday, September 27.

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-9-23-16

alg-2a-classnotes-9-23-16

Thursday, September 22, 2016

1st, 2nd, & 3rd Hours:

No bellwork today.  Students took Quiz #1 over sections 1-3 to 1-5, 2-5.

After the bellwork students were given a Preview Sheet covering topics from Sections 2-1 & 2-2.  This classwork is due tomorrow.

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

hon-alg-2-classwork-sec-2-1-2-2

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed story problems similar to the ones in Sec 1-3.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 1-3 and began discussing Sec 1-4, Compound Inequalities.

Hwk #5 is due tomorrow.  Sec 1-3

Page 22.  Problems 32, 33, 34, 35, 49, 53, 66ab

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-9-22-16

alg-2a-classnotes-9-22-16

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities.

Hwk #5 is due today.

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

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-9-21-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-9-21-16

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 1-3.

The remainder of the period we discussed the application problems found in Sec 1-3.

Hwk #5 is due Friday.  Sec 1-3

Page 22.  Problems 32-35, 49, 53, 66(parts a & b only).

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-9-21-16

alg-2a-classnotes-9-21-16

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

1st, 2nd, 3rd Hours:

Bellwork had students find solutions to inequalities by graphing both sides of the inequality as separate graphs.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 1-5, Solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities.

Hwk #5 is due tomorrow.  Sec 1-5

Page 36.  Problems 10, 14, 20, 23, 41, 47, 51  Students don’t have to graph the solutions.

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-9-20-16

honors-alg-2-classnotes-9-20-16

 

4th & 5th Hours:

Bellwork reviewed solving Literal Equations and reintroduced the concept of Domain and Range.

Hwk #4 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 1-3 by practicing application problems.  This means students had to read some information, write equations, and solve them to find missing information.

Hwk #5 was assigned.  Due date is still to be determined.  Sec 1-3

Page 22.  Problems 32-35, 49, 53, 66 (parts a & b only).

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-9-20-16

alg-2a-classnotes-9-20-16