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Summarizing: The Great Butterfly Journey

A free printable summarizing: the great butterfly journey reading worksheet — phonics, sight words, comprehension and fluency practice, ready to print. Great for elementary and up.

Summarizing: The Great Butterfly Journey Name Score Write a short summary in your own words. The Great Butterfly Journey Each autumn, millions of monarch butterflies begin an astonishing journey. They fly south for thousands of miles to escape the freezing winter. No single butterfly has ever made the trip before, yet they never get lost. Scientists think monarchs use the sun and Earth’s magnetic field to steer. They gather in the same few forests in Mexico year after year. There they rest, clustered so thickly that the trees seem to turn orange. When spring returns, a new generation begins the long journey back north. 1) Main idea: 2) Key detail: 3) One-sentence summary:

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