The Year at Maple Hill Farm Lesson Plan | W&W Aligned First Read Activities

The Year at Maple Hill Farm Lesson Plan | Wit and Wisdom Aligned First Read Activities

Looking for an engaging, ready-to-use lesson plan for The Year at Maple Hill Farm? This first read resource is designed to support Wit and Wisdom instruction with meaningful discussion, vocabulary practice, anchor charts, student response pages, and seasonal activities that help students build background knowledge and respond to the text with confidence.

What’s Included

• Wit and Wisdom aligned first read lesson plan

• Anchor charts to support comprehension and classroom discussion

• Vocabulary cards

• Matching game for review and reinforcement

• Notice and Wonder activity to encourage observation, questioning, and text-based thinking

• Seasons worksheet

• Months of the year worksheet

• Book response worksheet

Why Teachers Will Love This Resource

• Saves planning time with a clear first read lesson structure

• Supports Wit and Wisdom style instruction with discussion-based activities

• Helps students connect the text to seasons, months, animals, and farm life

• Includes print-friendly worksheets for response, review, centers, or follow-up work

• Encourages student thinking through Notice and Wonder prompts and vocabulary support

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How to Use This Resource

Use this resource during your first read of The Year at Maple Hill Farm, as part of a Wit and Wisdom lesson, in a whole-group read aloud, small-group literacy lesson, seasonal unit, farm unit, or follow-up comprehension activity. The included worksheets can also be used for morning work, independent practice, early finisher work, or substitute plans.

Perfect For

• Wit and Wisdom teachers

• Elementary read aloud lessons

• First read lesson planning

• Season and months of the year units

• Farm-themed literacy lessons

• Book response and comprehension practice 

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.