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, March 7, 2016

Bellwork reviewed skills that students already possess and will use in the last three sections we will study in Chapter 7:  Sec 7-5, 7-7, 7-8.

Introduction to Sec 7-5 from Friday is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 7-5.

Hwk #11 will be due Wednesday.  Sec 7-5

Pages 394-395

Problems 6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 21-23, 54

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 3-7-16

Alg 2 Notes 3-7-16

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Bellwork reviewed rationalizing denominators and simplifying the product of radicals and binomial radical expressions.

Hwk #9 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 7-3, Binomial Radical Expressions.

Hwk #10 is due on Thursday.  Sec 7-3

Pages 382-383

Problems 15, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32, 44

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 3-1-16

Alg 2 Notes 3-1-16

Monday, February 29, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 7-2, Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-2.  We then began discussing Sec 7-3, Binomial Radical Expressions.

Hwk #9 is due tomorrow.  Sec 7-2

Pages 377-378

Problems 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 33, 43, 46, 50, 53

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-29-16

Alg 2 Notes 2-29-16

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Bellwork reviewed simplifying radical expressions.

Hwk #9 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 7-2, rationalizing denominators and multiplying and dividing rational expressions.

Hwk #9 will be due on Friday.

Sec 7-2

Pages 377-378

Problems 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 33, 43, 46, 50, 53

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-23-16

Alg 2 Notes 2-23-16