Frayer Model
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The Frayer Model is a graphic organizer used for vocabulary and work analysis. This format allows students to ynthesize and apply information they already know, or have previously learned, to a word. This association o prior knowledge and connections, to classroom content, helps to form lasting and meaningful experiences to Common Core content. These meaningful experiences that are personal to the student will help increase proficiency in many objectives beyond vocabulary.
This vocabulary development tool will be used to help make sense of complex concepts. The Frayer Model stresses the ability of sudents to understand a word within the larger context of a reading selection/text. This format requires students to think and describe the meaning of a word and concept by ...
1. Write the word in the "word" box.
-Simply write the vocabulary word(s) or phrase in the middle box labeled "word" on the Frayer Model sheet.
2. Defining the term.
-First in your own words. (This answer should not be exact, close to the given definition, or 100 % perfect. This is simply what you thin. You are NOT graded on whether your "own word" definition is correct or not. I just want to know what you think it means before you learn what it actually means.
-Next, define the word using your vocabulary sheet. (Extra copies of your vocabulary sheet may be found in the hanging folders on the white board in the classroom (if there are extras) or on the vocabulary tab of the classroom website.
3. Characteristics or Picture
-Describe the word and what it means with examples, or draw a picture that represents the word or something related to the word. In the example provided in the picture, I drew a picture of a beaker from science class and included two different liquids in the beaker. These liquids are contrasting due to their characteristics. Another example would be to draw a picture of a Venn Diagram. This example would demonstrate that the differences are contrasts.
4. Examples From Life
-This is where you relate the word to an example from your life; a real-life experience. This could be something that has already happened, or something that realistically could happen in the future. This example should exhibit the connection to the vocabulary word. You might need to write a few sentences describing the example in order to fully explain how the two are connected/realted.
5. Connection to Topic/Event (Common Core/School subject content)
-This section is asking you to relate the word specifically to school related content. This is different from the "examples from life" box because this section is asking you to relate the word to something you are studying in school, or have previously studied. The example from life does not have to be an example from school.
This vocabulary development tool will be used to help make sense of complex concepts. The Frayer Model stresses the ability of sudents to understand a word within the larger context of a reading selection/text. This format requires students to think and describe the meaning of a word and concept by ...
1. Write the word in the "word" box.
-Simply write the vocabulary word(s) or phrase in the middle box labeled "word" on the Frayer Model sheet.
2. Defining the term.
-First in your own words. (This answer should not be exact, close to the given definition, or 100 % perfect. This is simply what you thin. You are NOT graded on whether your "own word" definition is correct or not. I just want to know what you think it means before you learn what it actually means.
-Next, define the word using your vocabulary sheet. (Extra copies of your vocabulary sheet may be found in the hanging folders on the white board in the classroom (if there are extras) or on the vocabulary tab of the classroom website.
3. Characteristics or Picture
-Describe the word and what it means with examples, or draw a picture that represents the word or something related to the word. In the example provided in the picture, I drew a picture of a beaker from science class and included two different liquids in the beaker. These liquids are contrasting due to their characteristics. Another example would be to draw a picture of a Venn Diagram. This example would demonstrate that the differences are contrasts.
4. Examples From Life
-This is where you relate the word to an example from your life; a real-life experience. This could be something that has already happened, or something that realistically could happen in the future. This example should exhibit the connection to the vocabulary word. You might need to write a few sentences describing the example in order to fully explain how the two are connected/realted.
5. Connection to Topic/Event (Common Core/School subject content)
-This section is asking you to relate the word specifically to school related content. This is different from the "examples from life" box because this section is asking you to relate the word to something you are studying in school, or have previously studied. The example from life does not have to be an example from school.
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