Vocabulary
caldera
cinder cone
composite volcano
core
crater
crust
dormant volcano
eruption
lava
lava dome
magma
mantle
plates
pumice
pyroclastic flow
ring of fire
vents
volcanology 

Reproducibles
Worksheets
worksheet 1: - Summarizing information
worksheet 2: - Prefixes, suffixes, and root words, -ology word family

Lesson Objectives

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Restate facts in detail to clarify and organize ideas presented in the text

Word Work
Prefixes, suffixes, and root words
Identify and use prefixes, suffixes, and root words.

 -ology Word Families - Root words
Identify and use words made up of the root word -ology.

Visual Literacy
Read and interpret diagrams.