What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? Activities | W&W Supplement
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? Activities | Wit & Wisdom Supplement
Make your first read lesson easier to plan and more engaging for students with this What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? activity pack. Designed as a Wit & Wisdom supplement or flexible companion resource for any reading program, this set helps students notice animal features, ask questions, build vocabulary, and respond to the text with meaningful discussion and print-and-go activities.
What’s Included
Detailed first read lesson plan with teacher-friendly guidance for introducing the text, prompting student thinking, supporting discussion, and helping students connect animal body features to their purposes
Wit & Wisdom supplement materials that fit naturally with close reading routines, including opportunities for students to observe details, ask questions, revisit key pages, and discuss evidence from the text
“I Notice, I Wonder” student response pages that encourage careful observation, curiosity, oral language, and written responses before, during, or after the read aloud
Printable anchor charts to support vocabulary, noticing and wondering, animal features, and comprehension skills so students can refer back to key ideas throughout the lesson
Animal feature cards for sorting, matching, partner talk, vocabulary review, center work, and making connections between each animal feature and how it helps the animal survive or move
Print-and-go worksheets and activities for comprehension checks, science and literacy connections, drawing or labeling animal features, and extending student responses after the lesson
Why Teachers Love It
Saves planning time with ready-to-use first read supports
Works with Wit & Wisdom or any reading curriculum using the same text
Encourages student curiosity through noticing, wondering, and evidence-based discussion
Connects literacy and science through animal adaptations and body features
Provides flexible activities for whole group, small group, centers, or independent work
Perfect For
Wit & Wisdom first read lessons
Read aloud comprehension activities
Animal adaptation and nonfiction text features units
Science-integrated literacy lessons
Sub plans, centers, or enrichment activities
This resource is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Great Minds® or Wit & Wisdom®. It is intended to support and supplement classroom instruction.