Lesson Manual

The Calvert Lesson Manuals

Home School Guides Worth Their Weight In Gold

Talk with any Calvert parent and they will tell you that Calvert’s Lesson Manuals are the “gold” of the Calvert curriculum. By providing you with complete daily plans for all subjects, these indispensable books allow you to easily guide your child day-to-day. Our time-tested lessons incorporate the best of offerings from major educational publishers. Plus, our structure allows you to set your own pace so you and your child have the most productive educational experience possible.

Calvert Video: Pam Ossmus explains how the Calvert Lesson Manual makes homeschooling easier for the teacher.

Our Lesson Manuals are written to the parent in Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. In Sixth through Eighth Grades, although the parents are still actively involved, the manuals directly address the student, encouraging independent study and greater responsibility.

With every Calvert Classic enrollment you receive both printed Lesson Manuals and Online versions of the Lesson Manuals. Calvert Online Lesson Manuals are readily accessed through your child’s My Calvert account.

The Calvert Online Lesson Manual

Online Calvert Lesson Manuals include all of the above and provide links for easy access to educational resources including Web sites, video tutorials, curriculum checkpoints, interactive computer lessons, supplemental math, engaging spelling lessons, and more, all designed to reinforce core instruction.

Special Features of Calvert Lesson Manuals Include:

• List of daily materials
  A list of all materials and books for each day’s lesson is provided.

• Assignment summary
  The assignment summary highlights the day’s work at a glance and provides a handy checklist for the completion of all work.

• Clear Objectives
  Each subject has clearly stated objectives for your student that allows you to easily track progress.

• Detailed, step-by-step instruction
  The lessons guide you through daily instruction by providing clear examples, introducing new material, and presenting questions to ask the student.

Calvert Online Lesson Manuals provide your student easy access to online resources:

• Explorations
  Additional Lesson background information and enrichment suggestions are included in the online Lesson Manual.

• Online Instruction
  Easy access to video tutorials, interactive computer lessons, supplemental math activities, engaging spelling lessons, and if enrolled in ATS, Grammar review videos reinforce lessons taught.

• Self-Checks
  Auto-graded Curriculum Checkpoints and Practice Tests help ensure content mastery.

"Coordinated, Digestable Servings" in Courses

"A cursory browse through the manual doesn't reveal the depth and coordination of the curriculum's planning. Once you've used the materials, you get a richer perspective. Calvert divvies up content into coordinated and easily digestible servings -- so instead of getting way overindulged in one subject or another, you are gently guided through a balanced course of subjects. There are more than 100 years of experience in the preparation of the homeschool courses, which is fairly impressive! You can always adjust and put your own emphasis on things, but I appreciate knowing all the bases are covered."
Tara Whitworth, Alexandria, VA