Virtual Learning Plan / Resources
District Virtual/Distance Learning Plan

North Providence School Department’s Virtual/Distance Learning Plan
Technology Information for Parents
Technology Info. for Parents – Spanish
Student Attendance: Per RI Department of Education, student attendance will take place each day. Students are expected to attend online or distance learning during this extended period of time from physical school (8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Monday – Friday). This will happen in the following way:
- Teachers will determine student attendance daily by one of the following, as determined by the individual teacher:
- Using Dojo, Padlet, Google Classroom, Virtual meetings, Student email, etc.
- Attendance will be recorded into Skyward Student Portal.
- School secretaries, administrators, support staff may call students who have not logged in each day
- After several (2) consecutive days of not being “present”, support staff and/or principal will reach out to families
- In the event of all of the above attempts being unsuccessful, students will be referred to the truancy officer for support
Typical Daily Virtual/Distance Learning Schedules:
Parents/Guardians will receive specific schedules from our schools.
Virtual/Distance Learning Applications and Services (ALL HYPERLINKED – Click on each word/words)
Social Emotional/Other Supports:
KIDSLINK 1-855-543- 5465
TRI TOWN Community Emergency Services: https://tricountyri.org/covid/ 401-519-1914
ACADEMIC: Other:
Reading Wonders Parent/Student Portal
Fundations Video Conferencing:
Squiggle Park/Dreamscape Google Meet
Glencoe Math Gr. 6-8 NPHS Library
GOOGLE:
Curriculum
North Providence School Department’s curriculum is aligned to Common Core State Standards. District curriculum teams are continuously updating and revising curriculum documents.
Math Curricula
Science Curricula
Social Studies Curricula
English Language Arts Curricula
Assessments
Foreign Language Curricula
Scope and Sequence for ___Exploratory Spanish/Italian______ Grade _6___
Semester Course effective 2015-16
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Greetings (formal/informal cultural differences) and expressions, alphabet and pronunciation. |
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Calendar: date, months, seasons and weather, and birthday |
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Numbers (1-50) |
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Culture related to calendar: Spanish calendar begins with lunes (Monday); months and seasons are not capitalized.
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Greetings (formal/informal cultural differences) and expressions, alphabet and pronunciation. |
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Calendar: date, months, seasons and weather, and birthday |
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Numbers (1-50) |
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Culture related to calendar: Italian calendar begins with lunedì (Monday); months and seasons are not capitalized.
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Scope and Sequence for __Intro to Spanish______ Grade ___7___
Semester course for 15-16
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Review (survey class): introduction, greetings, date,alphabet, weather,likes/dislikes with activities; numbers 0 to 100, subject pronouns, time, class objects, body parts, noun endings, pluralization, definite and indefinite articles, description with Ser noun/adjective agreement, |
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cultural readings (pertaining to topics above), conversation, listening activities and vocabulary are aligned to topics with respect to context and linguistic content. |
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Scope and Sequence for ____Spanish_____________________ Grade ___8_____
Year long effective 2015-2016
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Review introduction topics |
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subject pronouns and verb conjugations ar, er, ir verb conjugations, indirect object pronouns (with gustar) with vocabulary in context such as food, healthy lifestyles, verb Estar and prepositions of location (with classroom object vocabulary) Use verb traer (with food) and hacer (with exercise) (irregular verbs) |
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cultural readings,conversations, listening activities and vocabulary are aligned to topics with respect to context and linguistic content |
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school schedules with verb Tener, ordinal numbers, time, school subjects, verb IR (+ a+place/infinitive), interrogatives, leisure activities,
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cultural readings, conversations, listening activities and vocabulary are aligned to topics with respect to context linguistic content |
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continue with interrogatives, family vocabulary, possession,possessive adjectives, review verb tener descriptions with Ser and noun /adjective agreement, |
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cultural readings, conversations, listening activities and vocabulary are aligned to topics with respect to context and linguistic content |
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Ser and Estar, stem changing verbs (e to ie, o to ue, u to ue, e to i) , rooms in the house, comparisons, colors
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cultural readings, conversations, listening activities and vocabulary are aligned to topics with respect to context linguistic content |
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Scope and Sequence for Italian Grade 8
Year long effective 2015-2016
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Instructional Days |
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alphabet, numbers 0-49; basic greetings/conversations |
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classroom rules practices |
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calendar, date, months, seasons |
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noun endings, plurals |
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definite articles/indefinite articles/c’è ; ci sono linked with vocabulary for the city |
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subject pronouns/essere/descriptive adjectives , nationalities and agreement |
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Culture: tu and Lei; geography (regions and their capital cities, borders, rivers and lakes, volcanoes) calendar, leisure time |
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numbers 50 to 1,000,000,000 |
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sentences using noun adjective agreement |
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avere with idiomatic expressions
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prepositions and prepositional contractions |
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question words |
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vocabulary for school /subjects, classroom objects |
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Culture: school system, Money (Euro), architecture and famous locations of Ancient Rome, |
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conjugations are, ere, ire, ire/isc |
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question words, foods, partitive, adverbial prepositions |
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piacere with indirect object pronouns |
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vocabulary for foods, birthday party |
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Culture: food, eating, celebrations, holiday, Onomastico (Name day) |
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irregular:andare, bere, stare,fare,dire,potere,volere,dovere, uscire, venire |
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idiomatic expressions with fare |
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telephone vocabulary |
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direct object pronouns |
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family,possessive adjectives |
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sapere vs. conoscere |
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Culture: The family, art and music |
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Year at a Glance for Elementary Grades K - 5
Teacher Resources
http://www.interventioncentral.org
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/common-core-tools/
http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/siop/siop_docs/Instructiona…
http://ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Common-Core/ELA-Literacy-…
RICAS Released Items:
http://ricas.pearsonsupport.com/released-items/
RICAS Practice Tests: http://ricas.pearsonsupport.com/student/practice-tests-ela/
https://ricas.digitalitemlibrary.com/home
Teacher and Support Staff Teaching and Learning Resources:
Thursday’s Teaching and Learning Tidbits (2018 – 2019)
Assistant Superintendent Newsletters:
Professional Development
We will be utilizing Frontline to help share, document and coordinate our Professional Development opportunities for 2019-2020. Stay tuned for more information!

North Providence School Department
2240 Mineral Spring Avenue
North Providence, Rhode Island 02911
(401) 233-1100