“Painters of the Caves”

Story Vocabulary

sculpting1. Carving or shaping2. Removing another person’s hair3. Cutting or breaking apart

Rivers and rainwater are responsible for sculpting limestone into carved-out cliffs.

sculpting

1. Carving or shaping Shaping or giving form toVerb

honeycombed1. Made into a type of food2. Searched in nature3. Full of holes or cavities

The cliffs are honeycombed with many hollowed-out caves.

honeycombed3. Full of holes or cavities like a honeycombTo make full of tunnels or cells like a bee’s honeycombVerb

hibernate

1. To be full of energy2. To be born3. To spend the winter sleeping

Bears hibernate in caves, sleeping through the winter.

hibernate3. To spend the winter sleepingVerb

engrave1. To act in a serious manner2. To cut or carve into a surface3. To remove or erase

Ancient people used to carve into the surface of cave walls to engrave drawings.

engrave2. To cut or carve into a surfaceTo print from a plate that has been cut with letters, figures, or designs.Verb

scaffold1. A temporary platform2. A flock or herd of animals3. A very tall person

Even the ceilings were painted with help from a scaffold, or platform of wood.

scaffold1. A temporary platformNoun

badge1. A scar2. Something worn to show a person belongs to a certain group3. Something that cannot be removed

Ancient artists made some ornaments that could have been worn as a badge of membership in certain groups.

badge2. Something worn to show a person belongs to a certain groupNoun