Summarize Informational Text in Sequence

3rd Grade English practice: Summarize this paragraph: 'Butterflies begin as eggs. Then, they hatch into caterpillars. Caterpillars eat leaves and grow bigger. After a while, they form a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, they change into butterflies, which then fly away.'. Part of main idea & details (Main Idea & Details).

~12 min

Summarizing means telling the main idea and important details of a text in your own words, in a shorter way.