Open Court Reading Research Page

The following are web site links to readings in the Open Court 2000 or 2002 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.

Note: There is commonality between the 2000 and 2002 series. So if you are using the 2000 series, don't hestate to look for useful links to the 2002 series. Click the links to view a listing of the themes. OCR 2000 Themes OCR 2002 Themes

Please also check the OCR Realia section of Mr. Anker Tests.

If you find a faulty link, or have a suggestion for the addition of other web sites to this page, please contact Henry Anker by email at hanker@lausd.net

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Kindergarten Thematic Links 2000

School

Reading Rainbow


Arthur Web Site
Books by Marc Brown
Kindergarten Activities
enchantedlearning.com

Shadows

Shadows in Science
BBC Science Clips
Make a Shadow
Puppet Theater
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






Animals

Kid's Farm


Kratt's Creature World
Zoobooks



Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach, CA


Los Angeles Zoo
San Diego Zoo


Veterinarian Jobs


The Denver Zoo


Machines in our Garden

Gardener's Supply Company


Motion Machine
Alexandria Elementary School Garden


Things That Go

History of the
Ford Motor Company


Bicycle Museum of America
Early Transportaion


Boeing Kid's Page


Classic Airplanes
ExpoRail Canadian Railroad Museum


Our Neighborhood at Work

What's My Job?


Rhymes for Community Helpers


Folktales

Stories from Around the World


How the Leopard Got His Spots
American Folklore


Games

Dr. Seuss Games


Funbrain.com
Web Gallery of Art


Keep Trying

The Tortoise and the Hare (Animated)


How to Juggle
Edison, Electricity, and Inventors


Being Afraid

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


Safety Around Dogs
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

Dav Pilkey's Website
Captain Underpants Author


Author Betsy Byars' Web site


Junie B. Jones' Website


Kindness

Kids Making a Difference


Moozie the Kindness Cow




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

Y-Family Kids & Friendship


The Friendship Page
Getting Acquainted & Friends


City Wildlife

50 Birds of Town and City


Backyard Habitats


The Great Habitat Matchup Game


The Gable's Raccoon World


Domestic Skunk Show 2000


Raccoons Photo Gallery


Bat Management
Natural History


Preventing Rat
Infestation


How did the "Killdeer"
get its name?


Living with Wildlife
Washington Dept of Fish & Wildlife


National Park Service
Golden Gate Park


City Wildlife UK


Imagination


Artrageous Thinking


Bottlecaps to Brushes:
Activities for Children
The Imagination Factory


Crayola Activity Book


Mark Kistler's Imagination Station
Pablo Picasso Gallery


Storytelling

Totem Pole Web Site 1
Totem Pole Web Site 2
Totem Pole Web Site 3


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


Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves
Exhibit from the Museum of Tolerance


StoryArts


The Stuck Truck
by Henry Anker


Money

That's My Piggy


Kid's Making Money


U.S. Mint for Kids



Money Factory


The Mint
NorthWestern Mutual Inc.


Kids Bank



F.D.I.C. Learning Bank


First Gov for Kids


Young Investor



Shearing and
Sweat Sheds


Carding Wool


Winter at Beer Mill Farm

Country Life

The Story of Milk
Virtual Tour


Rachel's Story:
My Life on a Dairy Farm
Kid's Farm



Animals at the County Fair


Los Angeles County Fair
U.S. Department of Agriculture for Kids



Fourth Grade Thematic Links

Risks and Consequences

Firefighters Today


Yuri Gagarin:
First Person in Space
The Underground Railroad

Dreams to Jobs

Monster.com


That's My Piggy


From Mystery to Medicine

Doctor Over Time


Meet Yorick, The Bionic Skeleton
All About Vaccines


WebMD


World of Life
Calif Science Center
Kids Health


Surviving

Survival Stories from Antarctica


Help Save Endangered Species!
Lost in the Woods
The 9 Rules for Survival


Trail of Freedom

Jamestown Fort Rediscovered


You Be the Historian
Benjamin Franklin:
Tour of his Life


The First Americans
(A Third Grade Native American Project)


Jamestown Colony Timeline
(4th Grade Class Project)


A Changing America







Communication

How Wolves Communicate


American Sign Language Fingerspelling
Mr. Anker Test, Set 1
A Conversation with Koko


Fifth Grade Thematic Links

Cooperation and Competition

Satellites Tracking Manatees
Teamwork
Teamwork
Wikipedia Article


Teamwork
(Quotes)
How to Build a
Teamwork Culture
Teamwork in the Classroom


Student Council Speeches
Hill School, Troy, MI
Robert's Rules of Order
Endurance
Discovery Kids Show

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



NASA Kids' Club


Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Griffith Park Observatory


Heritage

Life Stories


Medieval Women
Heritage
Wikipedia Article



Ellis Island
Manzanar
National Parks Service
Genealogy
Wikipedia Article


The Civil War

Abraham Lincoln Research Page


Lincoln Historic Places
The Underground Railroad


Abraham Lincoln
Thw White House


American Civil War
Wikipedia Article
Lincoln Web Page
Elementary Class Page



Mathew Brady
Civil War Photographer


Civil War Website
The US Civil War (1861-1865)


New Frontiers

Stories of the Lure and the Legacy


The Oregon Trail
The Great Migration



Bill Pickett Rodeo
Sid Fleischman Website
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

Youth Hall of Fame
Emery Wager
6 Kinds of Paper Currency
Universal Currency Converter


US Mint for Kids