After discussing the different types of sentences, invite your students to go on a sentence hunt. Provide students with magazines or newspapers and encourage them to search through the print to find examples of each type of sentence and cut them out. Divide a piece of construction paper into four columns and title each column with the name of a type of sentence; questions, command, statement and exclamation. Instruct students to glue the sentences they find in the corresponding column and invite students to share their sentences.
Students can use punctuation to transform sentences. On the board, write any type of sentence: a question, a statement, a command or an exclamation. Explain to students that you would like them to transform the sentence into a different type of sentence by changing the punctuation (students may also have to rearrange or alter the words a bit). For example, if you write the sentence "It's hot out," students can change the sentence from a statement to an exclamation by simply changing the period to an exclamation point. They can change it to a question by altering the words and changing the punctuation mark: "Is it hot out?"
Play a game with students that requires them to name different types of sentences. On individual index cards, print different types of sentences. Divide the class into two teams. Invite two players from each team to come to the front of the room and show them a sentence card. The first student to identify the type of sentence printed on the index card earns a point for her team. Continue playing until all students have had a turn. The team that earns the most points wins the game.
Have your students identify different types of sentences and their punctuation marks with this verbal activity. State a sentence aloud and ask students to identify the type of sentence you have stated, as well as the type of punctuation at the end. For example, if you said, "Give me my toy!" students should identify that the sentence is a command with an exclamation point. You can turn this activity into a game by dividing the class into teams and awarding points to teams that correctly identify the sentences and their punctuation.