Look at the lizard skin. It is scaly. Scales are small parts of the skin.
A snake has scaly skin. Scaly skin keeps a snake safe. Scales help snakes slide on sandy or stony ground.
Fish have scaly skin. Fish scales are slimy. Slimy scales help keep fish safe. Slime helps fish swim fast. Speedy fish can escape from danger.
Questions:
1. What are scales? How does scaly skin help the scaly animals?
2. Find all the words that contain “-y”. What are their meanings? After removing the y, do you know what the new words mean? Can you find 5 more words? Give it a try.
3. The scaly skin works for fish and snake. Then how about our human skin? How does it help us? Watch the following video to learn about it.
