EduProtocol Series - Part 2 Frayer Model

 Tired of the way you introduce ELA, Science, or Studies Studies vocabulary terms with your students?  Have you tried the Frayer Model?  EduProtocol Field Guide Book 1 by Marlena Hebern and Jon Corippo has outline the steps to familiarize your students with Frayer in a fun way laying the foundation for the students to utilize it throughout your curriculum.  

Not familiar with the Frayer model?  Watch the following video for a detailed explanation which also includes ideas for ESL in your classroom.  The Frayer model was created by Dorothy Frayer and her colleagues at the University of Wisconsin in 1969 to help students better understand vocabulary.

You can find information about the Frayer EduProtocol in Chapter 16 beginning on page 109.  

Directions

1. Prepare the Frayer model in an electronic format or paper copy.  (You can have a slide deck and assign slides to specific students or groups of students, or you can share a copy of the template to students on Canvas.)  

2.  Provide a copy of your desired template for each student or group of students.

3. Allow time for the students to complete their Frayer template using words and images. 

4. Once students create their copies, they can be shared on a Canvas discussion board, printed and used as a carousel, or other means.

Key Points

• Finding the correct image is sometimes difficult.  Students may need to think of another search term to find an appropriate image to showcase the word.  Example: quick - students may need to type "running fast" in the search field of Google Slides for to find an image of quick.
• For a non-example, you can search for something that is easily confused with the word, but not the same to get the antonym for it.  For example, if you search the antonym for left, you will get words that mean right.  If you mean the antonym to be return, then you would search for the antonym of "departed".
• Allow for littles to rely more on images than text alone.  Not comfortable letting students search for images on the web? You can create an image bank of preapproved images for students to choose from. You can even have a drag-and-drop option on the premade slides for convenience.  
• Frayer templates can be either complicated or simple, depending on the terms being used.
• Thesaurus and Spelling Resources

Check out the Smart Start to introduce the Frayer Model to your class at the beginning of the year with Frayer a Classmate.

Want more about the Frayer Model? 

 Check out this video below from Seth Ponder.

Want to gamify the Frayer Model?  In this video, Jake Carr talks about printing out the quadrants, cutting them apart and having the students work to put the correct parts together similar to a jigsaw puzzle.  This is a great way to show student understanding of the word.