Open Court Vocabulary for

“Let’s Go Dinosaur Tracking”Genre: Expository Text

analyze

We can analyze this track to see what kind of dinosaur made

it.

( to look at very carefully )

clue

The shape of the track is a clue to what dinosaur made it.

( hint )

paleontologist

This paleontologist found this huge fossil in Canada.

( a scientist who studies fossils and the past )

limestone

Can you see the fossils in these pieces of limestone?

( a rock that often contains fossil prints )

buoyed up pith helmet lagoon canteen

Other Words

•underground•conifers•ostrich•opinions•Colorado

Dinosaur Names

•Brach i o saur id•De in on y chus •Saur o pod•Al lo saur•Had ro saur