Once Upon a Farm | Story Setting & Farm Seasons | Kindergarten Module 2, Arc 2

Continue exploring life on the farm with this engaging, ready-to-use Kindergarten Story Setting & Farm Seasons Slide Bundle! 🐮🌷🍂

Designed to complement Wit & Wisdom® Kindergarten Module 2, Arc 2 (Week 2), these slides build upon students' prior knowledge of farm animals while introducing two important concepts: identifying the setting of a story and understanding how farms change throughout the four seasons.

Through engaging picture books, meaningful discussions, visual supports, and beginning writing activities, students will learn to identify where and when a story takes place while exploring how farm life changes throughout the year.

✨ FULLY EDITABLE CANVA TEMPLATE INCLUDED!

With your purchase, you'll receive a Canva template link that gives you access to your own editable copy of the slides!

This allows you to customize lessons, add or remove activities, adjust pacing, and make changes to fit the unique needs of your classroom and students.

Use the slides exactly as they are, or make them your own!

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Ready-to-use instructional slides designed for whole-group kindergarten lessons

• Introduction to story setting — teaching students to identify where and when a story takes place

• Farm life through the four seasons — exploring how farms change during spring, summer, fall, and winter

• Engaging picture book recommendations that reinforce setting and seasonal changes

• Story discussions and comprehension activities to build understanding

• Visual supports and anchor charts for identifying who, where, and when

• Beginning sentence writing opportunities using illustrations, oral language, and writing supports

• Cross-curricular learning connecting reading, writing, science, and seasonal changes

WHY TEACHERS WILL LOVE IT

These slides were created by a kindergarten teacher with real kindergarten classrooms in mind!

Lessons are designed to be clear, engaging, and developmentally appropriate, helping young learners build on what they already know while introducing new literacy concepts.

Students will practice important early literacy skills, including:

• Identifying the setting of a story

• Understanding the difference between where and when

• Recognizing seasonal changes in a familiar environment

• Building vocabulary through literature and discussion

• Using illustrations and prior knowledge to support comprehension

• Planning sentences using who, where, and when

• Stretching out words and recording sounds during beginning writing

PERFECT FOR

• Kindergarten classrooms

• Wit & Wisdom® Kindergarten Module 2, Arc 2 supplemental instruction

• Story elements and setting lessons

• Farm-themed literacy units

• Four seasons and seasonal changes instruction

• Beginning sentence writing

• Whole-group literacy instruction

• Cross-curricular science and literacy lessons

A NOTE ABOUT CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT

This resource is partially aligned with Wit & Wisdom® Kindergarten Module 2, Arc 2 and is intended to supplement or extend your existing instruction.

Additional picture books, activities, and instructional opportunities have been intentionally incorporated to support kindergarten learners. This resource is not a lesson-by-lesson replacement for the Wit & Wisdom curriculum.

Teachers following the curriculum with strict fidelity may need to adjust the sequence or select slides that complement their required lessons.

Please note: This is an independently created resource and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Great Minds® or Wit & Wisdom®. Referenced books are recommendations and are not included with the purchase.

Less planning, more meaningful learning! Help your kindergarteners discover where stories happen, how farms change with the seasons, and how to share their ideas through beginning writing!