Language and Content

Think About “Geologists: Rock Scientists”

Check Your Understanding

1.–2. Work with a partner to complete each item.

  • 1. Identify Details Make a concept web like the one below. Put the topic in the middle. Then complete the web using details from the selection.

    Illustration of a concept web for the topic “Rocks”

  • 2. Sum It Up Use your concept web to tell about rocks. What did you learn about scientists?

Review Vocabulary

3.–7. Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

Vocabulary

  • rocks

  • learn

  • scientists

  • study

  • use

Geologists are _____ who look at _____ to find out about plants and animals. They _____ about plants and animals that lived long ago. Geologists _____ special tools to _____ fossils of plants and animals.

Write about Jobs Illustration of the pen icon

8. Write about a job that you might like to have when you are older. What makes the job interesting to you? What do you need to study to be good at the job?