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, October 13, 2015

Bellwork reviewed problems for the upcoming Test #1.

Test #1 will be given on Monday, October 19.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 3-1. Students learned how to determine if a system of linear equations has ONE, NONE, or MANY solutions without graphing.
We then began discussing Sec 3-2: Solving systems of linear equations using two algebraic methods: Substitution and Elimination.

Hwk #11 is due on Friday. Sec 3-1
Page 121
Problems 18-20, 26, 29, 34 Graph paper must be used for the graphs.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 Bellwork with Answers 10-13-15
Notes 10-13-15

Friday, October 9, 2015

Bellwork reviewed factoring trinomials, writing equations of lines given two points, writing equations of Parallel and Perpendicular lines, and determining if two lines are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.

Hwk 9 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 2-3, Direct Variation.

Hwk #10 is due on Monday (Sec 2-3).
Pages 74-46. Problems 5, 6, 13, 14, 18, 25, 34, 46, 52

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-9-15
Notes 10-9-15

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Bellwork reviewed PSAT math practice Questions.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 2-2. Writing Linear Functions and Parallel/Perpendicular Lines.

Hwk #9 is due tomorrow.
Practice Sheet Sec 2-2

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, notes/examples from today’s lesson, and a copy of Hwk #9:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-8-15
Notes 10-8-15
Alg 2 Hwk #9 Sec 2-2

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Bellwork reviewed the topic of Composite Functions.
Hwk #8 is due today.

The remainder of the period we concluded our discussion on Function Operations (Sec 7-6). We then began Sec 2-2 by calculating the slope of a line given two points on the line.

Hwk #9 was assigned and is due Friday:
Practice Sheet for Sec 2-2

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson and a copy of Hwk #9:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-6-15
Notes 10-6-15
Alg 2 Hwk #9 Sec 2-2