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, May 5, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 13-2.

Hwk #24 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 13-2 by reviewing and finishing the topic of Angles in Standard Position & Coterminal Angles.  We then began our discussion on the Unit Circle, also in Sec 13-2.

Hwk #25 is due tomorrow.  Sec 13-2

Pages 722-723

Problems 1-3, 12-15, 39, 40, 46, 48

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-5-16

Alg 2 Notes 5-5-16

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Bellwork was a Lateral Thinking Question.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 13-3.

Hwk #24 is due tomorrow.  Sec 13-3

Pages 729-730

Problems 1, 3-5, 7-10, 21, 22

We also took time to begin our discussion on Sec 13-2:

  • Angles in Standard Position
  • Coterminal Angles

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Alg 2 Notes 5-4-16

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Bellwork reviewed characteristics of Periodic Functions from Sec 13-1 and review Special Right Triangles from Geometry.

Hwk #23 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 13-3, Radian Measure.

Hwk #24 is due on Thursday.  Sec 13-3

Pages 729-730

Problems 1, 3-5, 7-10, 21, 22

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-3-16

Alg 2 Notes 5-3-16

Monday, May 2, 2016

Bellwork reviewed Sin, Cos, and Tan as well as area and circumference of a circle and a sector.

Hwk #22 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 13-1, Periodic Functions.

Hwk #23 is due tomorrow.  Sec 13-1

Pages 713-715

Problems 4-8, 11, 12, 20, 21, 32

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 5-2-16

Alg 2 Notes 5-2-16

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 12-7, Normal Distributions.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 12-7.

Hwk #21 is due tomorrow.  Sec 12-7

Pages 695-696

Problems 5, 9-15, 18, 20-22, 27

Test Friday over Probability, Outcomes, and Statistics

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-27-16

Alg 2 Notes 4-27-16

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems From Sec 12-5 and some other probability review problems.

Hwk #20 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 12-7, Normal Distributions.

Hwk #21 is due Thursday.  Sec 12-7

Pages 695-696

Problems 5, 9-15, 18, 20-22, 27

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-26-16

Alg 2 Notes 4-26-16