Living Non-Living Frayer Model Worksheet
This living non-living frayer model worksheet has 3rd graders sort words, pick the best definition, and explain their thinking about living things. An answer key is included for quick, easy checking.
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Description
What makes something alive? This living non-living frayer model worksheet helps third graders answer that big science question in an organized way. A Frayer model is a four-part graphic organizer that builds a deep understanding of one key word. Here the key word is “Living Thing,” and students look at it from four sides: its definition, its characteristics, examples, and non-examples.
About This Worksheet
In Part A, students read nine words in a word box and write each one in the correct part of the Frayer model. Three words describe what every living thing does, three name living things, and three name things that are not alive. Students then fill in the bubble next to the best definition of a living thing. In Part B, students decide whether a toy robot that rolls and beeps is a living thing and use the facts from their model to explain their thinking. This 3rd grade living things worksheet works well as a lesson opener, a science center, or a quick check after a unit on living and nonliving things.
What’s Included
- A one-page Frayer model worksheet on living and nonliving things
- A nine-word sorting box with characteristics, examples, and non-examples
- A fill-in-the-bubble definition choice
- A written explanation question about a toy robot
- A complete answer key
Why This Worksheet Helps Kids
First, the Frayer model helps students see the whole meaning of a science word instead of memorizing a single sentence. Second, sorting examples and non-examples clears up common mix-ups, such as thinking that anything that moves or gets bigger must be alive. Third, the written explanation gives students practice using evidence to support a science claim, a skill they will use in every grade.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Take a short walk outside and let students add more examples and non-examples to the back of the page. You can also use this living non-living frayer model worksheet as a model for other science vocabulary words, such as habitat or plant. Parents can ask children to name one living thing and one nonliving thing in each room of the house.
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