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What is a life cycle? The growth of a frog from an egg

to an adult is most unusual. A frogs egg hatches into a

tiny animal that does not look at all like a frog! A tadpole

is more like a fish swimming in the water. It has to go

through many changes to become a frog hopping around

on the land.

begin change follow grow round same still until

Key Words

Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.

Develop research skills based on this topic.

Use Table of Contents to locate specic information.

Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.

Use captions to expand on text.

Identify prefix un- meaning not: unusual

Compare hard and soft c sounds: cycle except

Identify digraph ph: amphibians

Notice soft g sound: change stage

Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.

First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.

Reprinted 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017.

18 Ardern Ave, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.

story Pam Holden

Printed in New Zealand

Cover and pages 4, 10, photos supplied by www.stockcentral.co.nz

All other photographs supplied by www.photolibrary.com

This book is copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in

any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without permission in writing

from the publisher.

www.redrocketreaders.com

Word Count = 409

ISBN 978-1-776850-62-4

A Frog's Life

written by Pam Holden

Contents Page

Unusual animals 2

Amphibians

Eggs 4

Tadpoles

Gills 6-7

Back legs 8

Breathing

Front legs 10

Froglet 12-13

Adult frog 14-15

Life cycle 16

l

Frogs are very unusual animals. They can

move in many ways, such as jumping, hopping,

swimming and diving. They make an unusual

sound: croak-croak or ribbit-ribbit. Frogs are

amphibians, as they can live on land or in water.

They have webbed feet for swimming. Their big

round eyes stick out on the top of their heads

so that they can see all the way around. Most

frogs are green or brown with markings that

help them hide from their enemies.

amphibian

Frogs also have an unusual life cycle. In

springtime, they lay thousands of eggs that

float in ponds or streams. But these eggs,

called spawn, dont hatch into baby frogs.

Instead they hatch into quite different little

animals called tadpoles, which have round,

black bodies and long tails. A tadpole has a

mouth, but no legs.

spawn

,

Tadpoles live in water and breathe through

gills like fish. For the first ten days, they

hang onto plants. Then they start to swim

around finding plants for food.

After four to six weeks, their gills begin

to disappear, but they can still breathe

underwater. They grow tiny teeth, and their

tails get shorter.

tadpoles

When the tadpoles are six to nine weeks old,

they develop back legs with webbed feet.

Their bodies become longer as their tails get

shorter still. They begin to breathe air, by

coming to the top of the water.

After nine weeks, the tadpoles develop

short front legs. They begin to change

to green or brown.

They look more like frogs, with head

shapes showing. Their eyes are bigger,

but they still have tails.

By twelve weeks, they are froglets, not

tadpoles. They look just like tiny frogs,

except for their short tails.

The froglets begin to leave the water

to find food, because they are able to

eat worms, slugs and bugs.

froglet

After sixteen weeks, they are adult frogs.

They have changed their shape and their way

of breathing. They can hop out onto the land

or swim in the pond or stream.

Their legs are so strong that they can jump

twenty times their own length. They have

changed to match their habitat, so that they

will be hidden from their enemies.

adult frog

The life cycle will begin all over again with

the new frogs laying big groups of eggs. When

the tadpoles hatch, they will follow the same

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