Open Court Reading Research Page

The following are web site links to readings in the Open Court 2000 Reading Series used in most LAUSD elementary schools. Many links are those identified by the publisher, and others are links that I have found or teachers have suggested.

If you find a faulty link or have a suggestion for the addition of other web sites to this page, please contact us by email at lms5591@lausd.k12.ca.us

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Kindergarten Thematic Links

School

Reading Rainbow


Arthur Web Site
Books by Marc Brown
Bookworm Bunch
Shadows

Shadows
Shadow Activities
Make a Sun Clock

Stick to It!








First Grade Thematic Links

Captain Bill Pinkney's Journey

Field Trip


Travel the World
with Little Bear


Look Who's Reading

Rebus Rhymes


First Grade reading games


Animals

Kid's Farm


Kratt's Creature World
Zoobooks


Sir Robert Hitcham's
Habitats Page


Los Angeles Zoo
San Diego Zoo

Veterinarian Jobs







Machines in our Garden


Motion Machine
Alexandria Elementary School Garden

Things That Go




Bicycle Museum of America
Early Transportaion

Boeing Kid's Page






Our Neighborhood at Work

What's My Job?


Rhymes for Community Helpers


Folktales

Stories from Around the World








Games

Dr. Seuss Games


       How To Play Games Movie
Web Gallery of Art

Keep Trying




How to Juggle
Edison, Electricity, and Inventors


Being Afraid

FEMA for Kids (The Federal Emergency Management Agency - Kid's Page





The Goggle-Eyed Green Hairy Monster And Me


Habitats and Landforms

Resource Page on Habitats and Landforms


The White House for Kids
Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson


Second Grade Thematic Links

Sharing Stories

Children's Storybooks Online
Author Betsy Byars' Web site




Kindness











Look Again

Disappearing Act


Animals of the Rainforest




Courage

Yuri Gagarin
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project (Stanford University)
Photo Library of Martin Luther King, Jr. (LIFE Magazine)


Our Country and its People

Native Americas Website for Children
Symbols of the U.S. Government


Meet Amazing Americans


Fossils

Diorama Room
Dinosaur and Paleontology Encyclopedia


Dinosaur Dig
Fossil Find


Third Grade Thematic Links

Friendship









City Wildlife

50 Birds of Town and City


Backyard Habitats


The Great Habitat Matchup Game

Imagination


Artrageous Thinking


Amazing Imagination Adventure
The Imagination Factory


Crayola Activity Book


Mark Kistler's Imagination Station
Pablo Picasso Gallery


Country Life

The Story of Milk
Virtual Tour






Kid's Farm


Animals at the County Fair






U.S. Department of Agriculture for Kids


Storytelling

Aesop's Fables: Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson


The Princess of the Bird People:
A Tale from Thailand


Tell a Story! By Aaron Shepard
Learn How to Tell a Story

Money

That's My Piggy


Kid's Making Money






Fourth Grade Thematic Links

Risks and Consequences





Yuri Gagarin:
First Person in Space
The Underground Railroad
Dreams to Jobs





That's My Piggy


From Mystery to Medicine

Doctor Over Time


Meet Yorick, The Bionic Skeleton
All About Vaccines

Surviving

Survival Stories from Antarctica


Help Save Endangered Species!


Trail of Freedom

Jamestown Fort Rediscovered


You Be the Historian
Benjamin Franklin:
Tour of his Life




Jamestown Colony Timeline
(4th Grade Class Project)


A Changing America

Lost in the Woods
The 9 Rules for Survival






Communication

How Wolves Communicate






A Conversation with Koko

Ocean Friends


(Download for Macintosh)
ASL Fingerspelling Quizzes
Mr. Anker Tests
Communicate with Kids All Over the World!

Fifth Grade Thematic Links

Cooperation and Competition

Satellites Tracking Manatees
Teamwork

Back Through the Stars

Hunt for Alien Worlds


National Air and Space Museum
Auroras: Paintings in the Sky


How Big is the Solar System?


The Sun
Starchild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers

Heritage

Life Stories








The Civil War





Lincoln Historic Places
The Underground Railroad









The US Civil War (1861-1865)

New Frontiers





The Oregon Trail
The Great Migration
Journeys and Quests

Shackleton's Antartic Odyssey


Stories of the Lure and the Legacy
Lewis and Clark

Sixth Grade Thematic Links

Perserverence

Women in Aviation History
Long Flight
Inventors and Scientists
Uncovering the Past

Who is Buried in the Ice?
Chetro Ketl Great Kiva
Flints and Stones
Taking a Stand

Susan B. Anthony
Geronimo
Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Question of Value




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