Teachers can emphasize active processing by having students connect new meanings to words they already know. The more exposures students have to a word, the better chance that they will remember it. One of the strategies is word detective. The most valuable thing that you can do to increase your students’ vocabulary is to encourage them to read. Wide reading is the main pathway for word acquisition. This activity enables students to see words in different contexts, therefore deepening their knowledge. It requires students to find new words as they encounter them in their daily reading. Here’s how word detective works: The teacher gives students a list of key words to search for. Students are to write each target word and its sentence on a sticky note, then place it on their desk each time they encounter a keyword. At the end of each school day, devote a few minutes to reading each sticky note.You can even make a game out it by assigning each word a point.

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