Free Home School CurriculumIt is always nice to find free home school curriculum and save money while preparing your home school program, and especially nice to find quality free products. This list of free home school curriculum and lessons in language arts can help you plan and incorporate a fun and economical program at home. I've also included links to quality websites that have an abundant of educational information. Hundreds of sites you could explore all year. Great resources. 
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Free Federal Resources"Since 1994, Dr. Vicki F. Sharp and Dr. Richard M. Sharp, Professors of Elementary Education at California State University, Northridge, have collected sites and curriculum resources from the Internet for teachers to use in their classrooms."-- quote from Sites for Teachers website Sites for Teachers.com I can't wait to use this site. This has a lot of books at the middle school level I use to teach. There are lessons and ideas for each book. You'll get a lot of information here. Check it out! Teacher's and Parent's Literature Guides This is a fantastic free curriculum put together by the Chicago School District & School Board. You can find a wealth of great lessons for many grades here. They also have lessons for other subjects. Check it out for sure. Free Home School Curriculum at Chicago Public Schools These are free worksheets for primary-aged children. They are very basic. If you don't like using worksheets, you can get some lesson plan ideas. The activities include fill in the blank and alphabetizing, and such. The site seems to still be under construction, but they might have something you can use. Worksheet Works Here are some unique classroom generator worksheets. There is a behavior chart in here, also. Worksheet Generator Early Learner Alphabet Sheets Glencoe McGraw Hill has study guides to go with literature books/novels; I used the The Island of the Blue Dolphins study guide with my fourth grader and was very impressed with the lesson. The lesson plan was very detailed. The lessons included printable worksheets with higher-level thinking, every day activities, discussions, background and more. I would use the lesson again. I've used McGraw Hill products in the public school classrooms. They do a thorough job. Take some time to look at this curriculum for sure. Glencoe McGraw Hill This is a wonderful home school resource from Scott Foresman Publishers. (off subject)I have used Scott Foresman's fourth grade curriculum, history workbook with my son. It is a very traditional approach. They do a good job of matching context and comprehension to the child's ability level. I found the history workbook or "social studies" text to be a bit simplified, but I used the pages as an independent review for my son. These free language arts worksheets are divided into grades 1-6 with more than 60 worksheets per grade level. I like the font and the simplicity of the pages. I use this resource weekly for grammar and language rules reinforcement.
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