Instructional Materials

enVision by Savvas has been newly adopted starting with the 22-23 school year for the next five years. enVision® focuses on deep conceptual math understanding aided by visual models, student-centered projects, 3-act tasks, and personalized learning. Comprehensive vertical alignment from Kindergarten through Algebra I, will help Somerset Academy Avenir address all mathematical standards in the most effective way.

Discovery Science sparks students’ curiosity through fascinating real-world phenomena.  This dynamic core instructional curriculum was created expressly for Florida educators and students and is 100% aligned to the Florida State Standards for Science. 

Science Techbook for Florida empowers Florida school systems to easily integrate an innovative digital-print-kit blended curriculum into instruction to create unique, student-centered learning experiences. Included in this comprehensive core curriculum are engaging digital resources, print student and teacher editions, hands-on activity kits, and virtual investigations. In addition, embedded accessibility tools help more students connect to content than ever before, and a suite of time-optimizing resources provide Florida teachers with more opportunities to focus on teaching.  Discovery science provides teachers with all the tools to keep science learning active while supporting informational text literacy skills to support student growth through interdisciplinary exposure and mastery. 

McGraw-Hill’s Florida Social Studies program is designed to allow learners to explore and prepare students to participate in our interdependent global community while meeting the rigor of the Florida BEST standards. Florida students are inspired while preparing them to be informed and active citizens within their communities and improving learning outcomes. Students are introduced to the Florida Civics Literacy standards in all grades.

 

Meet-the-Masters is a well-researched based program that has been providing engaging art projects and lessons to school districts since 1985. Students begin by focusing on a specific Master Artist each unit. The experience begins with a multi-media assembly using engaging PowerPoint slides, artist voices and music where the children learn about the fascinating lives and famous works of the Master Artists. Interactive questions and multi-media content captivates the students while walking through a virtual museum filled with interesting stories and facts. After learning the inspiration and techniques of each Master, the children are ready for the real fun. Students will study the same medium, style or subject matter as the Master. In doing so, students will discover their creativity while developing confidence in their own unique abilities through various art projects and STEAM activities.

Somerset Avenir is proud of its emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Music (STEAM) learning. STEAM is an educational approach to learning that uses these access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, collaboration, and critical thinking. In doing so, students will discover their creativity while developing confidence in their own unique abilities through various art projects and STEAM activities. Students will develop an engaging, hands-on classroom environment that helps empower students to develop in-demand knowledge and skills they need to thrive. The end results are students who take thoughtful risks, engage in experiential learning, persist in problem-solving, embrace collaboration, and work through the creative process. 

Character education is a learning process that enables students and adults in a school community to understand, care about and act on core ethical values such as respect, justice, civic virtue and citizenship, and responsibility for self and others. Upon such core values, we form the attitudes and actions that are the hallmark of safe, healthy, and informed communities that serve as the foundation of our society.  Somerset Avenir uses Harmony Academy as a resource for morning meetings, classroom agreements, and character education lessons.  Somerset Avenir also highlights monthly character traits and students of the month that exemplfy that character trait.

Physical education consists of physical activities and games of at least a moderate intensity level through and for a duration sufficient to provide a significant health benefit to students, subject to the differing capabilities of students. Students receive at least 150 minutes of physical education each week in grades K-5.