Vocabulary Word Map
A vocabulary word map is a visual organizer that helps students engage with and think
about new terms or concepts in several ways.
To fully understand new terms, students need to create their own definition, know what it is
like, what it isn’t like, be able to effectively use the terms in a sentence, and connect terms
with nonlinguistic representations.
Students put the new term in the middle of the map. Students fill in the rest of the map with
a definition, synonyms, using the word in a sentence, and a picture to help illustrate the new
concept. There are multiple versions of word maps, all with similar ways to learn new terms
(ex. Frayer Model).