Sentence Activity: (Materials: sentence strips, zip-lock bags, pocket chart, paper, pencils) On small sentence strips, write sets of subjects, verbs, and predicates [or just subject and predicates]. Make each set the same color. Place the sets in zip-lock bags and keep in a basket/container. Students create sentences from the strips and copy them onto paper.

Grammar Sort: (Materials: index cards, paper lunch bags) This activity can be used for nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.  Label each bag (for nouns - label person, place, thing, animal).  Write words on index cards. Students sort words by placing them in the correct bag.

Bingo Grammar: (Materials: Story or page from book, bingo sheet) Using a bingo sheet, students write words found in a story. Students need to be directed to choose a type of word (nouns, plurals, adjectives, etc.).  The goal is the first to get BINGO!  Teachers can add more rules to the game to make it more difficult.

Grammar Booklets: (Materials: Paper, pictures, crayons, markers, and other supplies to create booklets) Students create a grammar booklet. They can also create individual books for each type of grammar (such as a verb booklet, adjectives booklet, compound words booklet, etc.).

Dictionary Activity: (Materials: Dictionaries, list of sight words or any other words, copies of dictionary page, binder, pencils) Students choose a word from a list, look it up in the dictionary, and fill it out the dictionary page. Once the page is completed, students place them in a binder.

Easter Egg Activity: (Materials: plastic eggs, basket, fake grass, egg carton, plastic bag) Program plastic eggs for different grammatical skills such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, compound words, synonyms, antonyms, etc.  Students need to match a word with its component.  The plastic eggs are separated and stored in a plastic/ziplock bag.  The students take the separated eggs out of the bag and try to match the parts. For example, the egg piece with the word car is attached with the egg piece that says noun. Each egg that is put together is placed in the basket.  When they are done, they can check their work by 1) showing the teacher or 2) checking an answer key.  I also use an egg carton instead of a basket with grass so that it is not considered a "holiday" activity.

Word Search Bulletin Board: [This great activity was created by a colleague of mine, and I found it to be a great hit with the students.] (Materials: copy of a word search, bulletin board, dry erase marker, eraser or wipes) Enlarge a copy of a word search (Kinkos or any other copy center can do this for you) and laminate the enlarged copy.  Staple it to a bulletin board. Add a dry erase marker, an eraser or wipes. As long as students keep it clean, this activity will last a long time and you can reuse it year after year. 

Word Wall: (Materials: brightly colored index cards)  Using a large space such as a wall or windows, place the letters of the alphabet going across.  On the index cards, write a word and tape the card underneath the letter it begins with. Try not to put the words in alphabetical order--- that will drive you crazy rearranging the cards. The words that go up on the wall are usually ones that do not follow phonetic rules or ones that the students have a difficult time reading/spelling. I use the Dolch List, which contains about 300 words that every 2nd grader should know by June, to post words on the word wall. You can also use spelling words, articles (the, an,and).  I have also created word walls on the solar system, Election Day, and other subjects.  Here are some activities you can use with word walls:

1.Have students read a word and spell it in order to get on line (for lunch, for a special, or for dismissal)
2. Give a student a letter.  They must read all the words under that letter correctly.
3. Students choose a word and then put it in a sentence.
4. Choosing a few letters, have students put the words in alphabetical order (great practice for learning how to alphabetize using the second, third, or fourth letter of a word).
5. Students write 10 sentences using word walls.
6. Students write a paragraph using between 10-15 words.