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 8, 2013

Bellwork reviewed conepts from Sec 2-1; Conditionals, Converse, Counterexample, Venn Diagrams.

The remainder of the period we discussed Glide Reflections (Sec 9-6).

Students were given homework assignments for Chapter 2.

Hwk #6 is due Thursday.

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Bellwork 10-8-13

Bellwork Answers 10-8-13

Notes (sec 2-1, 9-6) 10-8-13

Monday, September 30, 2013

Bellwork reviewed dilating figures and finding the center of dilation and scale factor.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-5, Dilations, by dilating on the x-y coordinate plane.

Hwk # 5 is due tomorrow.  Graph paper is needed.

Chapter 9 test will be soon, possibly this Friday.  More information to come.

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Bellwork 9-30-13

Bellwork answers 9-30-13

Notes, examples (Sec 9-5) 9-30-13

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Bellwork reviewed the following vocabulary terms:  Adjacent Angles, Vertical Angles, Supplementary Angles, Complementary Angles, and Congruent Angles.

The remainder of the period students were shown one method to create a Tessallation.  Students were then asked to create their own tessallation.

Hwk #4 is due today.

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Bellwork 9-26-13

Bellwork answers 9-26-13