myPerspectives Florida® is a Grades 6-12 ELA program designed to help educators elevate literacy learning in Florida. Precise instruction at the depth of the clarifications prepares students for FAST Reading and B.E.S.T. Writing assessments.
Provides 100% B.E.S.T. ELA Standards Coverage with Benchmarks and Clarifications Focus Charts, Sample Text Companion with Appendix B Texts, and Access Points resources.
Targeted resources for English Language and Multilingual Learners with Language Coach, Language Support Lessons, Language Lab, and Newcomer Skills Development.
B.E.S.T.-aligned assessments, including Exit Tickets, Test Practice embedded in the Student Edition, Test Prep Workbooks, and digital assessments that mirror the FAST Reading and B.E.S.T. Writing tests.
Enhanced digital resources on Savvas Realize® with interactive content, flexible teacher resources, hyperlinked B.E.S.T.-aligned curriculum maps, built-in accessibility options, teacher modeling videos, and MORE!
SavvyWriter by Savvas provides students with an interactive writing experience, featuring AI-powered feedback and engaging instructional support to enhance their writing skills. Built-in options include selecting from 50+ source-based prompts, creating your own prompts, using B.E.S.T.-aligned prompts, and disabling AI-powered feedback.
Jim is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning of the University of Toronto. His research focuses on literacy development in multilingual school contexts as well as on the potential roles of technology in promoting language and literacy development. In recent years, he has been working actively with teachers to identify ways of increasing the literacy engagement of learners in multilingual school contexts.
Kelly is a literacy education author and consultant, specializing in the teaching of English Language Arts for grades 4-12. Informed by a 35-year teaching career, Kelly has developed and shares an ever-evolving body of work that helps teachers engage and empower even the most reluctant readers and writers. Kelly is the former president of the Secondary Reading Group for the International Literacy Association and the author of several professional development books.
Freddy is President and CEO of TextProject, a nonprofit that provides resources to support higher reading levels. She is also a research associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and has worked in the field of early reading acquisition for 45 years, first as a teacher’s aide and teacher of primary-level students in California and, subsequently, as a teacher and researcher.
Ernest is the Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters; Coyle Professor in Literacy Education; Director, Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education; Director, NCTE James R. Squire Office for Policy Research; and Professor, English and Africana Studies Departments at the University of Notre Dame. He was the Macy Professor of English Education, Columbia University; a class of 2014 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association; and the Past-President of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
The program is made up of the following:
Florida Teacher’s Edition - Available in digital and print and includes wrap-around pages that provide direct instruction, B.E.S.T. ELA Standards at-point-of-use, and teaching suggestions to differentiate learning and engage students.
Florida Student Edition(Consumable or Hard Cover) - Available in digital and print formats and provides multigenre readings; B.E.S.T. ELA Standards-based instruction; and Performance Task practice for each unit, culminating in an end-of-unit Performance-Based Assessment.
Florida Sample Text Companion - Student Consumable that integrates selections from Florida’s Sample Texts list and additional standards practice.
Florida Test Prep Workbook - Student consumable that helps prepare students for success on the FAST Reading and B.E.S.T. Writing tests.
Florida Language Support Lessons Handbook - A teaching resource with targeted support that can be used with ALL students as they acquire English.
Florida Language Lab Teacher’s Guide - A teaching resource that helps English Language Learners access myPerspectives Florida content and build the language skills needed to be successful in the core lessons.
Florida Language Lab Skills Practice Workbook - A consumable or teacher copy that includes skills practice activities for students.
Grammar Plus Workbook - A consumable or teacher copy that provides conventions activities for students.
myPerspectives Florida Digital - Courseware on Savvas Realize includes all myPerspectives Florida content above and robust digital tools that give teachers flexibility to use a digital, print, or blended format in their classrooms. Teachers can customize the program to rearrange content, upload their own content, add links to online media, and edit resources and assessments.
Yes! The myPerspectives Florida Interactive Student Edition and Language Coach includes an eText Translation Tool with access to 100+ languages, many with audio.
Additionally, Savvas Realize allows users to toggle between English and Spanish for Realize directions/interface via Realize Settings.
myPerspectives Florida also includes:
How do I review myPerspectives Florida digital or get print samples?
myPerspectives Florida is available in print format and as digital courseware on Savvas Realize®. Click here to contact your Account Manager for a FREE demo account or for print samples.
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