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, February 22, 2016

Bellwork reviewed simplifying radical expressions and using the properties of a 30-60-90 triangle to find missing sides.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-1, Simplifying Radical Expressions.

Hwk #8 is due tomorrow.  Sec 7-1

Page 372

Problems 3-5, 9, 23, 24, 26, 27, 44, 45, 50, 51

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-22-16

Alg 2 Notes 2-22-16

Friday, February 19, 2016

Bellwork reviewed simplifying expressions using the rules of exponents and the definitions of rational exponents.

Hwk #7 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 7-1, Roots and Radical Expressions.

Hwk #8 is due on Tuesday.  Sec 7-1

Page 372

Problems 3-5, 9, 23, 24, 26, 27, 44, 45, 50, 51

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-19-16

Alg 2 Notes 2-19-16

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Bellwork reviewed rules of exponents and rational exponents, Sec 7-4.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-4 by simplifying expressions involving rational exponents.

Hwk #7 is due tomorrow.  Sec 7-4

Pages 388-389

Problems 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25, 42, 44, 46, 66, 67

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-18-16

Alg 2 Notes 2-18-16

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Bellwork reviewed simplifying expressions using the rules of exponents and simplifying radicals.

Hwk #6 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion of Sec 7-4, Rational Exponents.

Hwk #7 is due on Friday.  Sec 7-4

Pages 388-389

Problems 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25, 42, 44, 46, 66, 67

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-17-16

Alg 2 Notes 2-17-16

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 9-6 and 9-3 in preparation for Tuesday’s quiz over Sections 9-2, 9-3, & 9-6.

Hwk #5 is due today.

The remainder of the period we did a little review for the quiz then we began reviewing skills that will be used in Chapter 7.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-11-16

Alg 2 Notes 2-11-16

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Bellwork reviewed SAT style math questions.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-3, Graphs of Rational Functions.

We then began Chapter 7 by reviewing the skill of simplifying radicals.

Hwk #5 is due tomorrow.  Practice Sheet Sec 9-3

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-10-16

Alg 2 Hwk #5

Alg 2 Notes 2-10-16

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sections 9-2, 9-3, & 9-6

Hwk #4 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed graphing Rational Functions by finding the x & y intercepts, Vertical Asymptotes, Horizontal Asymptotes, and the graphs behavior around each asymptote.

Hwk #5 is due on Thursday.

Practice Sheet Sec 9-3

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 2-9-16

Alg 2 Hwk #5

Alg 2 Notes 2-9-16