Language Arts Resources

At Clover Tutors, we want students to find ways to learn on their own time as well as at school and with us, but we understand it can be difficult to decide where to start. This is why we've compiled a short list of Language Arts resources to help aid at-home learning.

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary: Vocabulary.com is a great way for students to ditch the flashcards when learning new words by using a fun game that exposes you to questions to ensure you understand the nuances of every word you learn.
• Vocabulary and Its Importance in Language Learning (PDF): This book establishes what vocabulary is and why it's beneficial to learn new words and how to use them correctly.
• The Importance of Vocabulary Development: This article from Read Naturally discusses vocabulary as one of the essential components of reading, so students will have a better understanding of why vocabulary is an important lesson.
• Vocabulary Memory Match: In this vocabulary game, students must click on the cards for either a vocabulary word to pop up or a definition. Students must use their memory to match the definition to the word that matches with it.
• Vocab Game: In this game, students will choose a subject matter and they must match the vocabulary word to the corresponding photo.

Reading and Writing

• Activities for Reading and Writing Fun: This article includes a list of 25 activities from birth through sixth grade to get children interested in reading and writing by making it fun.
• Adventure Stories with Clifford the Big Red Dog: In this virtual storybook, kids are able to help make the story Emily Elizabeth is telling to the dogs, come to life.
• Bingo Reading Activity: In this game, you can use a bingo board with suggested reading activities to get students to sit down and read in order to complete five in a row or complete all the activities. For even more motivation, offer them a prize if they complete their goals.
• Read-Aloud Stories: Erica Doesn't Help: RoomRecess.com has a collection of fiction and nonfiction stories where students can read the text while they listen to the audio version of the story to help bring it to life.
• How Parents Can Help with Writing at Home: This list of writing activities is a great starting point for parents to help their kids get more comfortable writing at home.

Grammar and Speech

• Parts of Speech Asteroids: This educational game for kids is a great way for kids to practice matching word types by blasting asteroids that match the parts of speech listed on the ship.
• Grammar Gorillas: In this educational game, students must help the gorillas identify the different parts of speech by clicking on the right word in the sentence. For every right word, the gorilla gets a banana.
• English Sentences: This activity helps students learn to create sentences as well as the importance of word order, sentence editing, and the different types of sentences.
• There Their They're Snow Fight: In this game, the goal is to pick the correct type of there for the sentence in order to throw snowballs at the other kids to get a higher score.
• The Sentence, Please!: This activity for older students is a great way to learn how to repair a comma splice. When they click on the "The sentence, please" button a sentence comes up and they are able to edit the text in the box to make the sentence grammatically correct. Once they've fixed the sentence, they can see Grammar's Version to see one potential acceptable method for repairing a comma splice.

Poetry and Literature

• The Favorite Poem Project: This project is dedicated to celebrating poetry's role in our lives and encouraging students to get invested in poetry.
• Poetry Out Loud: This website includes a database of poems that are designed to be read out loud by students as hearing poems read with enthusiasm can empower them.
• The Contemporary American Poetry Archive: This archive, created by the Connecticut College Department of English has a list of contemporary American poets and their poetry for students to peruse and discuss.
• What is the Role of Poetry in Literacy Learning?: This post from the National Council of English Teachers discusses why it's important for students to learn about poetry in literature lessons.
• Activities for Kids in a Novel Unit: This page lists fun activities for children starting to read novels so they can gather a better understanding of what goes into a story.

Foreign Language

• Spanish Phrases Game: In this game, you can play either via audio or text to learn the different phrases in Spanish and then match them to their English equivalent.
• Easy Spanish Speaking Activities for Independent Practice: This page has a list of games, activities, and videos that help students further their language education.
• Everyday Easy Spanish Activities for Kids: This page suggests a few easy-to-incorporate activities families can do to better become more fluent in another language like Spanish.
• French Jeopardy: This game allows students to practice basic French by testing their knowledge and skill of greetings, numbers, colors, and months.
• Your Beginner French Self-Study Checklist: This article includes a month-by-month breakdown for learning the basics of French by starting with the basics and working their way up.