ILLINOIS

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Capital: Springfield
Population: 12,901,663
Warmest month is July; the coolest month is January, June is the average wettest month.
Illinois is the #1 producer of soybeans, #2 producer of corn, and the #4 producer of  swine in the nation.
Chicago is the nation's third largest city.  O'Hare airport is the second busiest airport in the world with over 69 million passengers per year.
Fortune 500 manufactures located in Illinois include Boeing, Motorola, Catarpiliar, Sara Lee, and John Deere.
Sports Teams: Chicago White Sox (MLB), Chicago Cubs (MLB), Chicago Bears (NFL), Chicago Bulls (NBA), Chicago Sky (WNBA), chicago Blackhawks (NHL)
Oprah Winfrey lives and tapes her show in Chicago.
President Barack Obama's Chicago home is located 15 minutes from our school!

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Greetings from Chicago!! We are a 2nd grade classroom from Oak Grove School in Green Oaks, Illinois.  It is located 37 miles north of Chicago.  In our classroom we have 10 boys and 9 girls.  This summer some of us visited Six Flags Great America and this fall some of us are playing soccer or football.  During fall in Chicago, we also like to jump in the leaves and go apple picking.  Chicago is located on Lake Michigan, so we can go to the beach during the summer and have snowball fights in the winter!  In spring, we love baseball and like to cheer on the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.  We love to celebrate the seasons here in Chicago!


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