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.
Family K
Arts for NexGen - LACMA is the nation's only free youth membership program!
Discovery Kids - fun and games
Scholastic - Reading activities
PBS Kids - Educational games, activities, and videos for kids
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
JetPunk - Geography quizzes... great for learning countries!
Gardening
Serenata Flowers - Plants, and Gardening: For Kids!
Other Resources
The Best Children's Books - Created by teachers to help you find the best children's books!
K-12 Online Educational Games - A list of resources for educational games.