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Free Homeschool Forms & Worksheets by Cindy Downes. Earning Your High School Diploma - Illinois. The Illinois school districts serve a considerable amount of students; including one of the biggest districts in the nation in Chicago.

Earning Your High School Diploma - Illinois

After high school graduation, the state encourages students to attend college by providing a $1,000 tax credit to freshmen and sophomores who maintain a B average while in school. Nine members, appointed by the governor, comprise the Illinois State Board of Education. This board set the educational policies and guidelines. Homeschooling Thru High School. DISCLAIMER: The content of this website has been prepared for and is intended to provide information that may be useful to members of the Home School Legal Defense Association.

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: PBS LearningMedia. Classroom Resources. Home › Classroom Resources Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive Venn Diagram This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.

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Grades 3 – 12 | Mobile App Word Mover Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text. Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive Trading Card Creator This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. Go to Lesson Plans Grades 2 – 5 | Lesson Plan Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button!

Homeschool Curriculum and Affordable Homeschooling Programs - Homeschool Buyers Co-op. The Teacher's Corner - Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Activities. Could Pinterest Bring Social To Your School Scrapbook? Nearly two years since its launch, Pinterest - the online pinboard, is starting to make the ‘point’ that it is a ‘sharp’ competitor to some of the leading social networks.

Could Pinterest Bring Social To Your School Scrapbook?

Pin related puns aside, as the Pinterest community steadily grows the applications for the virtual pinboard are becoming more and more impressive and the opportunity to digitize your school scrapbook is fast approaching. Currently in open Beta, joining the network requires an invite, either forwarded from a current member or requested on the Pinterest site. If you’re invited by an existing member you can sign up straight away. If you don’t know anyone using the service, you will be looking at about a five day wait when requesting through the site. The Art of Living: A Free Stanford Course Explores Timeless Questions. CurrClick - Curriculum and live classes in a click! Affordable curriculum, online classes, lapbooks, and homeschooling resources. Homeschool Central - all of the resources needed to homeschool your children. Chartchums. Today we are delighted to welcome guest blogger, Valerie Geschwind.

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Valerie is currently a teacher in the NYC public schools. Valerie creates magical things in her classroom, one of which is rich and inspired talk. In the post below, she shares some of her secrets to building great talk. You can follow Valerie on twitter at @valgeschwind and learn more at her blog, kiddrivenblog.wordpress.com With the CCSS placing such a strong emphasis on speaking and listening, teachers have been asking an important question: How can we support students in building academic talk and conversations?

Just like we support readers, writers, mathematicians, and scientists with charts and visuals, we can support our talkers with charts too! Getting Started with Talk Behaviors If your classroom is anything like mine, the fall months are spent with a lot of wiggly worms on the rug.

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Lapbooks. Free Math worksheets, Free phonics worksheets, Math Games and Online activities and Quizzes. Unit studies. Donna Young's Homeschool Resources and Printables. Home school links. Teaching That Sticks. 39 Sites For Using iPads in the Classroom. Pages - Menu This Blog Linked From Here Sites to Follow Friday, October 7, 2011 39 Sites For Using iPads in the Classroom How Much Did Steve Jobs Change the World?

39 Sites For Using iPads in the Classroom

5 Great iPad Apps For Early Childhood Teachers10 iPad Apps Everyone Should Have- from PC Magazine10 Must Have iPad Apps for Students and Teachers10 Ways to Use iPads in Your Classroom40 iPad Apps Librarians Love40 Most Awesome iPad Apps for Science Students50+ iPad Apps By a Geography Teacher62 Interesting Ways to Use an iPad in the Classroom100 Incredibly Useful and Free iPad AppsBest Academic Reference Apps for the iPad- some $$, some freeA Day in the Life of the iPad ClassroomThe Debate Over iPads in EducationDigital Storytelling with the iPad Posted by Julie Greller at 7:24 AM Labels: ipads, ipads in the classroom, using ipads in the classroom. Homeschool and Educational Resources to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Learners.

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Social studies. Language arts. Math. Creative Home School Ideas - Fun Activities for Kids. 11Google + Need some home school ideas?

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Whether you are just starting to homeschool, or you are looking for a more relaxed homeschooling routine, this section should kick-start your imagination. Science. History. Fun edu.