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, April 1, 2014

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 6-2 and 6-3.

Hwk #17 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 6-3 (Proving a Quadrilateral is a Parallelogram) and began discussing Sec 6-4 (Special Parallelograms).

Hwk #18 is due Thursday:

Sec 6-3, pages 324-326, problems 2, 5, 15, 16, 22, 23

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Bellwork 4-1-14

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Notes 4-1-14

 

Monday, March 31, 2014

Bellwork reviewed problems from 6-2.

Hwk #16 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing sec 6-3, Proving Quadrilaterals are parallelograms.

Hwk #17 was assigned and is due tomorrow:

Sec 6-2, pages 316-317, problems 24, 25, 29, 30, 37-39, 45

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Bellwork 3-31-14

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Notes 3-31-14

Friday, March 28, 2014

Bellwork practiced using slope and distance formulas to determine the most precise name for a quadrilateral.

Hwk #15 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 6-2, Properties of Parallelograms.

Hwk #16 is due on Monday.

Sec 6-2, pages 315-316, problems 5-7, 10, 12, 33

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Bellwork 3-28-14

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Notes 3-28-14

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Bellwork reviewed the properties of Special Quadrilaterals.

Hwk #14 is due today.

The remainder of the period we worked on Sec 13-2 by doing coordinate proofs.  Coordinate Proofs involve using the slope of the sides to find parallel and perpendicular sides and using the distance formula to find congruent sides.  Depending on the results the most precise name for a quadrilateral can be determined.

Hwk #15 is due tomorrow:

Sec 13-1, pages 309-310, problems 7-12, 20, 24, 36-41

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Bellwork 3-27-14

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Notes 3-27-14

Friday, March 21, 2014

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 8-5.

Hwk #12 is due today.

The remainder of the period finished our discussion on Sec 8-5, Angles of Elevation and Depression.  Then we began our discussion on Sec 6-1, Quadrilaterals.

Hwk #13 is due on Monday.

Sec 8-5, Pages 447-449, Problems 1-4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 28, 29

Chapter 8 Test is Tuesday, March 25.  Students were given the review with answers today.

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Bellwork 3-21-14

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Notes 3-21-14