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Build It, Teach It lets you create a complete set of differentiated materials in a single workflow. Start with a custom passage, and then instantly generate interconnected assessments, summaries, vocabulary lists, and leveled versions—all from the same trusted content. Click below to interact with the 2nd grade Butterfly Life Cycle Workflow and see how Build It, Teach It works!
Build It, Teach It lets you create a complete set of differentiated materials in a single workflow. Start with a custom passage, and then instantly generate interconnected assessments, summaries, vocabulary lists, and leveled versions—all from the same trusted content. Click below to interact with the 2nd grade Butterfly Life Cycle Workflow and see how Build It, Teach It works!

Butterfly Life Cycle

Build It, Teach It

Passage

How a Butterfly Grows and Changes

Assess It

Butterfly Life Cycle

Level It

Butterfly Life Cycle Explained

Summarize It

Butterfly Life Cycle Summary

Vocabulary Builder

Butterfly Life Cycle Vocabulary

Passage 

🎯 Purpose

Create a grade-appropriate, focused informational text on the subject matter your students need to master (e.g., Butterfly Life Cycle).

📋 Implementation Steps

  • Start by entering your topic, for example, “butterfly life cycle,” to create a personalized passage.

  • Select grade 2 and preferred passage length, short or long.

  • Generate a clear passage for students to read during the lesson.

  • If desired, use the edit tool to enhance or personalize the passage even more.

Assess It

🎯 Purpose

Create both a pre-assessment and an exit ticket to measure student understanding before and after the lesson.

📋 Implementation Steps
  • Select Assess It after creating your base passage.
  • Pre-assessment: Generate questions like “Did the caterpillar eat?” and “What happens inside the chrysalis?” to gauge prior knowledge.
  • Administer the pre-assessment before students read the passage.
  • Exit ticket: Reuse similar questions to assess what students learned after reading.
  • Compare pre-/post-lesson results to measure learning gains, and use data to identify which concepts need reinforcement.

Level It

🎯 Purpose

Create differentiated versions of your passage to meet diverse student reading levels while maintaining the same content.

📋 Implementation Steps
  • Select Level It after creating your base passage.
  • Generate versions for multiple reading levels (e.g., kindergarten, grade 1, grade 3).
  • Ensure all students access the same core content at their level.
  • Assign versions appropriate for student reading abilities.
  • Use leveled passages during small-group instruction or independent reading.

💡 Differentiation Tip: Create a detailed Grade 3 version for advanced readers while maintaining simpler versions for struggling readers—everyone learns the same science content!

Summarize It

🎯 Purpose

Help students identify the most important ideas in the text and retell the butterfly life cycle in their own words using clear, simple language.

📋 Implementation Steps
  • Select Summarize It after students have read the passage.
  • Choose the summary format that best fits your goal: paragraph, bullets, or table.
  • Generate a short, grade-appropriate summary that highlights the four main stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly.
  • Display the generated summary and discuss how it focuses on only the most important stages in order.
  • Support students as they write their own summaries using sentence frames like these: “First, the butterfly starts as an ____. Next, it becomes a ____. Then, it forms a ____. Finally, it turns into a ____.”
🧩 Supporting All Learners: Before exporting, select a Britannica image that supports understanding of the butterfly life cycle, such as a labeled diagram that shows each stage in sequence. Use the image as a visual reference to help students recall the stages and organize their summaries in the correct order.

Vocabulary Builder

🎯 Purpose

Pre-teach essential academic vocabulary so that students have the language foundation they need before reading.

📋 Implementation Steps
  • Select Vocabulary Builder to create a custom vocabulary list.
  • Generate pre-teaching materials for key terms: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly, metamorphosis.
  • Use the vocabulary list before students read the passage.
  • Reference these terms throughout the lesson to reinforce understanding.

🎯 Best Practice: Front-load vocabulary instruction to remove language barriers and help students focus on comprehending the science concepts during reading.

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