STUDENTS

Hi Westwood Charter Students!

Here is a section just for you! Get information on various student activities right here at Westwood Charter or use these useful links provided by teachers to learn more about topics that you are studying at school.

K Family

Arts for NexGen - LACMA is the nation's only free youth membership program!

Discovery Kids - fun and games

Scholastic - Reading activities

Starfall.com - Exciting phonics games and online interactive books

PBS - Educational games, activities, and videos for kids

Fossweb - The official site for the inquiry-based FOSS (FULL OPTION SCIENCE SYSTEM) science curriculum

Family 1

Stop Global Warming.org - Learn ways to help our environment and stop global warming at home and at school.

Scholastic's Down to Earth Guide - The Down to Earth guide to global warming. Learn how you and your kids can make a difference.

Statue of Liberty.com - Learn fun facts about the Statue of Liberty. Also, get a close up view of the Statue of Liberty.

Bald Eagle Info - Learn information about the bald eagle, one of the American symbols we study.

PBS White House page - Take a virtual tour of one of our country’s most famous symbols, the White House.

A to Z Kid's Stuff - Fun education activities to learn more about our various American symbols

Jump Rope for Heart - Learn more about one of our service learning projects in first grade.

Internet4Classrooms - A great website full of fun interactive games reinforcing many of our first grade math standards

MRCPL.org - Reading games designed to help practice and reinforce the memorization of sight words

Starfall - An interactive website designed to engage and meet readers at the various stages of learning

Family 1-2

Family Tree Magazine - This site has games, ideas, and activities to help you learn family history.

MOCA - View the collection and learn about contemporary artists.

Living History Farm - Visit a Nebraska farm and learn about farming past and present.

KidsFarm.com - Research farm animals, crops, and equipment.

4-H Virtual Farm - Visit farms around the country.

EnergyHog.org - Learn how to improve energy efficiency in your home.

Sudoku for Kids - Try out your Sudoku skills at this site.

Family 2

National Geographic - This educational website features daily news, animal information, environment information, history, maps, music and many more topics.

Fun Brain - Educational games, puzzles, web books and comics

PBS - PBS holds a wealth of information where you can watch online television programs, access activity packs and play games.

Scholastic - Provides access to online books for a variety of reading levels

Science News for Kids - Provides interesting up to the week science news for young learners

APlusMath.com - Offers math games, flashcards and generates worksheets

The Franklin Institute for Learning - Provides amazing science links for educators and learners.

Apples4TheTeacher.com - Offers academic activities, facts, puzzles, and fun

Starfall.com - Provides activities to help students with phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension

Family 3

Google Earth - Search our world and see all the places we study about.

La Brea Tar Pits - Find out about prehistoric Los Angeles.

LA Walking Tour -  Learn more information about Los Angeles landmarks.

NASA - Information about earth sciences, our solar system, and space

CaHistorySocialScience.com - Links print materials to our adopted text materials to an interactive website

Enchanted Learning - Learn about habitats and animals that live the habitats.

AAA Math -  Resources for practicing math facts

PearsonSuccess.net - Additional materials and resources used with out Mathematics textbook

Family 4-5

KidsReads.com - This website has reading lists that will help you choose the perfect book!

Merriam Webster - This website will help you with spelling, vocabulary, and more.

Young Author's Workshop - Links to tons of sites to guide you through each stage of the writing process!

PearsonsSuccess.net -  This is the online component for our math textbook. Each student has his/her own username and password.

NumberNut.com -  This website has many math activities.

National Geographic - Use this interactive atlas to study or print out maps of any region!

USA Games -  Play interactive games to test your knowledge of regions of the United States, state locations, capitals, and much more!

Fossweb -  Check out the science units we will be studying as this site is chock full of activities, vocabulary, and information.