Encourage them to plan a strategy for gathering the examples of the words outside of school. Every student is expected to contribute to the team effort. This is very motivating for some children. Briefly record their ideas on each word page. These pages may be posted on the wall for use during the unit or they may be put together to make a unit glossary or word book.
Some teachers like to use the list of scavenger hunt words to write a class summary.
They read these words in a wide variety of references and discover their relevance in the real world.