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

Friday, October 2, 2015

Bellwork reviewed function notation and factoring quadratic trinomials.

The remainder of the period we began Sec 7-6 by discussing how to perform function operations and finding the domain of the resulting function.

Hwk #8 is due on Tuesday, October 6:
Pages 400-402. Problems 9-11, 32, 34, 39, 40, 66

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 10-2-15
Notes 10-2-15

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Bellwork reviewed Function Notation and whether a relation is a function or not.

Hwk #7 is due today.

The remainder of the period students reviewed how to factor a trinomial. This skill will be used throughout several different chapters the remainder of the school year. We also reviewed how to write the equation of a line in both Slope-Intercept Form and Point-Slope Form given the coordinates of two points on the line.

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 10-1-15
Notes 10-1-15

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Bellwork had students practice SAT/PSAT math questions to prepare them for the upcoming standardized test in the fall and spring.

The classwork sheet from yesterday (Sec 2-1, 2-2) is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 2-1.

Hwk #7 is due tomorrow:
Pages 59-60. Problems 12, 13, 17-20, 29, 38, 39

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 9-30-15
Notes 9-30-15

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

No bellwork today. Students took Quiz #1 over Sections 1-3 to 1-5, 2-5.

After the quiz students were to take a Classwork sheet previewing the topics we will study in Sections 2-1 and 2-2. This sheet is due tomorrow so whatever wasn’t finished in class after the quiz should be finished at home.

Click on the link below for a copy of this Classwork:
Alg 2 Classwork 9-29-15 Sec 2-1 and 2-2

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving Absolute Value Equations.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 1-5 by going over the steps to solve Absolute Value Inequalities.

Hwk #6 is due on Monday.
Pages 36-37. Problems 10, 14, 18, 22, 44, 50.

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 9-22-15
Notes 9-22-15

Monday, September 21, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving compound inequalities, solving a linear inequality, and finding Domain and Range from a graph.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 1-5, solving Absolute Value equations and inequalities.

Hwk #6 is due on Monday, September 28.
Pages 36-37. Problems 10, 14, 18, 22, 44, 50

Quiz #1 will be next week. The exact date is still to be determined but will probably be next Tuesday.

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 9-21-15
Notes 9-21-15

Friday, September 18, 2015

Bellwork reviewed graphs of Absolute Value Funcions and finding Domain, Range, and Intervals of Increasing and Decreasing.

Hwk #4 is due today.

Students were introduced to the topic of Interval Notation which they will encounter in their college math courses in the future.
We then began discussing Sec 1-5: Solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities.

Hwk #6 is due on Tuesday:
Pages 36-37. Problems 10, 14, 18, 22, 44, 50

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 9-18-15
Notes 9-18-15