Room 9 authors have been writing about the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. We are very proud of them and the way they start writing by themselves, work independently, try new words, use spaces and find words by themselves.

Frogs start off as an egg and then they turn into a tadpole. The tadpoles are a baby frog. Second they grow back legs. Then they grow front legs, and when the legs are growing the tail is disappearing. When the tail has disappeared, it is a froglet. Then it grows into an adult frog. Then the adult frog lays the egg. Frogs are not mammals. They can lay 100 or more eggs.

Author: Pippa Phair R9

Frogs lay eggs and the eggs hatch and they are tadpoles. Tadpoles’ tails shrink. Before they lose their tails they are a froglet.

Author: Emma Jowett R9

A butterfly lays an egg, and the egg hatches. Out of the egg it turns into a caterpillar, and then it turns into a butterfly.

Author: Paige Frith R9

Frogs

Frogs are amphibians. Do you know what an amphibian is? I do! An amphibian is any thing that can go on land and in water.

The life cycle:

First the frog lays some eggs. Then the egg hatches, once the tadpoles are 7 weeks old.

Author: Vanessa Hayes

I have a butterfly at my house. It is in a cage. It is so beautiful. First it was in an egg and second it eats a lot of food. Then it was a caterpillar. Third it went in a cocoon. Fourth it was a beautiful butterfly. They have little wings, then they have big wings.

How do the butterflies wings grow?

The blood and the fluid pumps up the wings. My butterfly is orange and black. My butterflies cage is pink!

Author: Teniva Tautua