1. Life Cycle of the Frog by Student Name

2. What is a cycle? A cycle has stages. Each stage happens in order.
When the cycle gets to the last stage, it starts again.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5

3. Stage 1: Egg The female frog lays eggs in the water.
She lays thousands of eggs.

4. Stage 2: Tadpole In this stage the tadpole hatches from the egg.
Tadpoles look like small fish. They can swim.
Tadpoles breathe using gills.
Tadpoles have a tail.
Tadpoles are sometimes called polliwogs.

5. Stage 3: Tadpole with Legs
In this stage the tadpole grows legs.
The body of the tadpole gets longer.
The head starts to get bigger.
The tadpole still breathes using gills.

6. Stage 4: Froglet
In this stage the froglet starts to look more like a frog.
The froglet breathes with lungs. It can no longer breathe in the water.
It still has some of its tail.

7. Stage 5: Frog In this stage, the frog is now an adult.
It breathes with lungs.