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Educational research shows that children are more likely to be successful learners when their families actively support their learning. Family encouragement, assistance and monitoring, coupled with strong family-school communication, contribute positively to students' academic achievement, attitudes and aspirations. In this rapidly changing technological world, families face many challenges as they seek to be involved in their children's education. The interactive Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum offers information and resources to help families both understand what students in Rhode Island's PK-12 system are expected to know and be able to do and aid their children as they learn.

Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum is designed to support quality education for all children in Rhode Island and encompasses the key elements of high quality instruction and assessment: student engagement, an environment conducive to learning, access for all students, the use of questions to monitor and promote student understanding, and the support needed for students to make sense of content. One of the main goals of the interactive Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum is to help all partners know that each is vital in contributing to learning and teaching. The Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum demonstrates effective instructional techniques, provides professional development for educators, and offers resources for all who share responsibility in the education of the youth of Rhode Island.

As a family member, you may use this Web site to:

• Discover the Shared Beliefs that support the process of building this curriculum.
• Access the Grade Level and Grade Span Expectations (GLEs and GSEs) for all grades from kindergarten to grade twelve.
• Refer to the instructional continuums which are designed to more clearly demonstrate the learning involved in the GLEs and GSEs.
• View Lesson Plans linked to the GLEs and GSEs.
• View Lesson Video Clips (some from Rhode Island schools), which demonstrate the type of classroom activities used to teach certain skills and concepts.
• View samples of Student Work related to many of these lessons.
• Explore informational documents and PowerPoint presentations.
• Explore Online Learning.
• Access other resources for families.

Like any research-based educational model, the Statewide Curriculum is dynamic and evolving. All partners are encouraged to identify how they may contribute and participate in order to improve student achievement.

Thank you for visiting the Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum Web site. Your feedback is welcomed.

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