1/2 cup teacher's description
1/3 cup teacher's explanation
3/4 cup teacher's examples
1/2 cup student's description
1/3 cup student's explanation
3/4 cup student's examples
1/2 cup student's graphic
1 quart notebook of vocabulary activities
1 pint group discussion
3 gallons authentic vocabulary exercises and games
To make Student Friendly Vocabulary Explanations
Mix teacher's description, explanation, and examples to create the Student Friendly Vocabulary Explanation's explanation. Stir in student's description, explanation, examples, and graphic to create the Student Friendly Vocabulary Explanation's example and image. Spread evenly on a notebook to keep the graphic organizer long term. Sprinkle in class discussion of the word. Then bake in the authentic vocabulary exercises in admit slips. The admit slip will have students finish sentence stems. (Sentence stems as a vocabulary exercise come from Buehl's Classroom Strategies, pg 209).
To make the Frayer Model
Take student's background knowledge out of the fridge to soften. In pairs, add student's description, explanation, examples, and graphics together. Stir in group discussion with a pinch of the teacher's description, explanation, and examples. After group discussion solidifies, freeze ideas on graphic organizer in a notebook. Enjoy with the authentic vocabulary game that has students choose whether a picture or phrase is an example or nonexample of the vocabulary word. (Example/nonexamples is a vocabulary exercise on page 208 of Buehl's Classroom Strategies.)
