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THE POND
A pond in SPRING
Animals start their life cycle.
Plants begin to grow.
It’s the time for new life.
Plants and animals continue growing
A pond in SUMMER
The pond is very busy.
A pond in AUTUMN
The weather is cold and it rains.
Some animals prepare to hibernate.
Fallen leaves from the trees everywhere.
A pond in WINTER
Life in the pond is very quiet.
Many animals save their energy for the warmer weather.
Trees have no leaves.
Life cycle of a frog
Life cycle of a frog
We are mates and we are mating to
create tadpoles.
I’m growing inside my egg. In 10 days, I’ll
be almost ready to hatch out.
tadpole
FIRST the frog lays its eggs.
Once I am out of my
egg, I swim up to the surface of the pond
where there’s a lot
of food.
tadpole swimming
NEXT the tadpoles come out of the eggs.
When I’m six weeks, my back
legs start to grow.
back legs
THEN each tadpole grows two back legs.
My front legs grow. Now I’m a froglet!
front legs
AFTER this it grows two front legs.
My tail gets
shorter and when I
am 13 weeks, my
tail is almost gone.
tail
Its tail gets shorter.
After three months I breathe through
my lungs. I’m ready to live on land. I’m a frog!
and the cycle starts again
When it becomes a frog it comes out from the water.
Croak, croak. See you next
spring!!
ANIMALS IN A
PONDDo you remember the animals in the story?
Name:
Source of food:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Dragonfly
In water
It flies
It feeds on small insects
Name:
Source of food:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Pond skater
On the water
It runs on the water and it walks on land.
It feeds on insects.
Name:
Source of food:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Pond snail
At the pond margin
It crawls and slithers
It eats algae (water plants)
Name:
Source of food:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Frog
In water and on land
It swims and leaps.
It eats insects and worms by shooting out its tongue.
Name:
Source of food:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Flat worm
At the bottom
It glides over the surface
It eats insects
Name:
Source of food:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Mallard duck
On water
It dabbles
It eats plants and small animals and insects.
Name:
Life zone:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Duck
At the bottom
It dives
It eats plants and small animals and insects.
Name:
Life zone:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Fish
In the water
It swims
Plants and insects
Name:
Life zone:
Ways of moving:
Food:
Water spider
It eats larvae and small insects
On water
It crawls
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