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Week 05 · Skin and Touch

Tuesday

Skin has layers
// Your skin covers you and feels the world
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Skin has layers

Rocket stacks three pillows. "One, two, three layers!"

Raven asks, "What do you notice? Is skin like that?"

Nova hums. "Some layers hide below the top one."

Three layers

Your skin has three layers.

The top layer is the one you can see.

Its name is the epidermis. Say it: ep ih DUR mis.

The next layer down is hidden. It is the dermis.

The bottom layer helps keep you warm.

SKIN LAYERS FROM THE TOP
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1Top
2Middle
3Bottom

New skin every day

New skin cells grow low in the top layer.

They move up, a little at a time.

The trip takes about two weeks to a month.

Old skin cells flake off the top.

New ones take their place. Your skin keeps renewing!

LAYER CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
How many layers does skin have?
Which layer can you see?
Where do new skin cells grow?
SentenceTrue or false?
The dermis is hidden under the top layer.?
Old skin cells flake off the top.?
Your skin never makes new cells.?
New cells move up to the top.?
WHY THIS EXERCISESkin has layers, and it keeps making new cells.
Try it
On paper, make a skin sandwich.
Use three strips of paper in three colors.
Stack them and label top, middle and bottom.
GROWING SKIN
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
New cells take about how long to reach the top?
What is the top layer called?
Draw your three layer skin sandwich.

Word Spot: how, just

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

How: H-O-W.

Just: J-U-S-T.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
___ many legs does a cat have?
We ___ saw a rainbow!

You learned two big words today. Well done!

Tomorrow you will explore touch.

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