For this activity, write down several plausible things students in your class may have done in their lifetime or that may describe the children. You don't have to know these things about the students, but use things you think may be appropriate for your class. You may find that none of your students has done what you have listed or that one of the sentences does not describe any child, and that is okay. For example, simple sentences like "I have two brothers," "I have blue eyes" or "Last summer I visited another state" work well. Keep it simple and not overly specific. Leave a blank line next to each declarative sentence for students to sign their names. Make copies for all of your students and have your class then go around to one another and sign off on something that describes him or that he has done. The first student to get all the activities or descriptors signed off will "win." Tell your students in advance that if they are having trouble getting a signature on a sentence to ask you so that you can clarify with the class whether or not that sentence describes any students in the class. If it does not, simply ask the children to cross it out.
Learning parts of speech can be difficult for some students. Instead of leaving students confused, have them get on their feet to work it out. One by one, have each student say a simple sentence such as "I ate eggs this morning." The rest of the students will have to pick out the verb and mime it to get their bodies moving and minds thinking.
This is an activity that can be done for fun or to get students familiar with one another. Ask one student to stand in front of the classroom and have her turn her back on the class. Select one student to be the speaker. The speaker will say, "I am your friend who..." and describe a physical attribute or a characteristic of herself without saying her name. The student in the front of the classroom will have three chances to guess which student is speaking.
For young students trying to learn the alphabet, this is a good activity. Divide students up into teams of three to five and give each student a piece of chalk. One at a time, have students come up to the board and write a letter from the alphabet. He will then hand off the chalk to the next student, who will then continue the alphabet. The first team to write the alphabet clearly and fully will "win."