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

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Bellwork reviewed simplifying Trigonometric Expressions.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 14-1 by covering the topic of Verifying Trigonometric Identities.

Hwk #32 is due tomorrow.

Practice Sheet Sec 14-1

The Chapter 13/Sec 14-1 Test will be given on Thursday, June 2.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-31-16

Alg 2 Hwk #32 Sec 14-1

Alg 2 Notes 5-31-16

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 13-8.

Hwk #31 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 14-1, Trigonometric Identities.

Hwk #32 will be due on Wednesday, June 1.

Practice Sheet Sec 14-1.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-26-16

Alg 2 Hwk #32 Sec 14-1

Alg 2 Notes 5-26-16

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Bellwork reviewed the Tangent Function from Sec 13-6

Hwk #30 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 13-8, The Reciprocal Trigonometric Functions.  We also started our discussion on Sec 14-1, Trigonometric Identities.

Hwk #31 is due tomorrow.  Sec 13-8

Page 766.  Problems 2-4, 9-14

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Page 797.  Problems 25, 28, 30

 

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-25-16

Alg 2 Notes 5-25-16

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Bellwork reviewed finding x-intercepts and Vertical Asymptotes of Rational Functions and graphing transformed Sine functions.

Chapter 7 Review is due today if it wasn’t turned in yesterday.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 13-6, The Tangent Function.  We also began our discussion on Sec 13-8, The Reciprocal Trigonometric Functions.

Hwk #30 is due tomorrow.  Sec 13-6

Pages 752-753

Problems 9-12, 38, 40

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-24-16

Alg 2 Notes 5-24-16

 

Friday, May 20, 2016

Bellwork reviewed graphing and writing equations of transformed Sine and Cosine Functions, Sec 13-7.

Hwk #29 is due today.

The remainder of the period we made scatter plots of Avg Monthly Temperatures for Detroit and Sydney, Australia and modeled them with Cosine Functions.  We also began our discussion on Sec 13-6, The Tangent Function.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-20-16

Alg 2 Notes 5-20-16

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Bellwork reviewed finding Period, Amplitude, Equation of the Midline, and Coordinates of points on graphs of Sine and Cosine.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 13-7, Transformations of Sine and Cosine.

Hwk #29 is due tomorrow.

Practice Sheet Sec 13-7

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-19-16

Alg 2 Hwk #29

Alg 2 Notes 5-19-16

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Bellwork reviewed finding Period, Amplitude, and Equation of the Midline for both Sine and Cosine Functions.

Hwk #28 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 13-7, Transformations of Sine and Cosine.  This section adds Horizontal and Vertical Translations to the graphs of Sine and Cosine.

Hwk #29 is due on Friday.  Sec 13-7

Practice Sheet Sec 13-7

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-18-16

Alg 2 Hwk #29

Alg 2 Notes 5-18-16