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

Notice to Geometry Students

Starting Monday, March 16, each school day I will post some math practice problems from the current chapter and from previous chapters.  I will be your responsibility to work on these problems to keep sharp with the material we’ve been covering.  Just like bellwork, I will include the answers.

I will also occasionally include some PSAT/SAT math practice.

I will be available to answer questions via email.

I hope that everybody stays well and we’ll see you in a month!

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Bellwork reviewed Sec 8-1:  The Pythagorean Theorem.

Hwk #15 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 8-2:  Special Right Triangles.

Hwk #16 is due on Monday, March 16, 2020   Sec 8-2

Page 428

Problems 2-5, 8, 11-13, 18, 22

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Bellwork gave students practice on PSAT/SAT math questions.

Hwk #14 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 8-1:  Pythagorean Theorem.

Hwk #15 is due on  Thursday, March 12, 2020

Page 420

Problems 8, 12, 16-18, 23, 24, 28, 37, 38

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Friday, March 6, 2020

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 7-5.

Hwk #13 is due today.

The remainder of the period we reviewed for Monday’s Chapter 7 Test and then began reviewing the skill of simplifying square roots in preparation for Chapter 8.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Bellwork gave students practice on SAT/PSAT math questions.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-5: Proportions in Triangles.

Hwk #13 is due tomorrow.  Sec 7-5

Page 400

Problems 1, 2, 4-8, 10, 12-14

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Bellwork gave students practice determining if two triangles are similar and using similar triangles to find missing lengths.

Hwk #12 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-3 and began discussing Sec 7-5:  Proportions in Triangles.

Next Hwk:   Hwk #13   Sec 7-5

Page 400

Problems 1, 2, 4-8, 10, 12-14

Due date is still to be determined.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers, a copy of the Ch 7 Review, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Bellwork gave students practice using the AA Sim Post, SSS Sim Thm, and SAS Sim Thm to decide if two triangles are similar.

Hwk #11 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 7-3.

Hwk #12 is due tomorrow.  Sec 7-3

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Problems 4-6, 16-19, 28

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